Routine changes tied to kids’ weight loss: study

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Encouraging and counseling minority families to adopt healthier household routines led to a small decrease in children’s weight, in a new study. Researchers found encouraging families to eat meals together, limit TV time and get better sleep was linked to about a one-pound drop in kids’ weight relative to children in homes that didn’t receive the encouragement and counseling. “I can tell a family, ‘You really need to get more physical activity’ and the conversation can end there,” Dr. …