Tag: youngsters-shed

  • Parents may not notice when children are overweight

    By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Many parents don’t realize when their children are overweight and so they fail to help the youngsters shed excess pounds, an Australian study suggests. When researchers asked parents to report their child’s height and weight, the results suggested that about 16 percent of the kids were overweight and 6…

  • Canada PM vows Aboriginal reconciliation after school abuse report

    By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to work toward full reconciliation with Canadian Aboriginals on Tuesday as he accepted a final report on the abuses of the government's now-defunct system of residential schools for indigenous children. The forcible separation of some 150,000 children from their families over more than 100…