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Kids and Teens

The most important thing you can do for kids and young adults, is to give them good health. But it's not an easy job these days. And food choices are influenced by marketing, peer pressure and fast-paced, grab-and-go liffestyles. Teaching them how to get, and stay, healthy can be a gift for life.

Growing, But Responsibly

The trick is to grow up, not out. Prebiotics may help. Calcium uptake has been shown to improve with the addition of the right prebiotics. In fact, keeping a healthy gut can be a key move toward overall health. Obesity is on the rise in young people, due to a overlap of issues including food choices, physical activity, environmental challenges, stress factors and to some degree, genetics. Truth is, food's the really big deal.

Food First

Hippocrates is famous for saying "Let food be thy medicine." Smart guy. Kids eating fast food, even as few as three times a week, are more likely to have weight issues due to high fat, high salt, high sugar foods. Whether in drive-thrus or at home. Worse yet, studies show that once a kid's overweight, even eating less than trimmer friends may not shed the pounds.