{"id":6011,"date":"2012-09-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=6011"},"modified":"2012-09-23T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T23:03:17","slug":"from-those-in-the-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/from-those-in-the-know-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates About Walking and Bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Americans Are Walking More!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, issued a press release on Sept 4th<\/sup> reporting that recent research indicates more Americans are walking. More of us need to take up walking regularly.<\/p>\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also indicates we have miles to go. The review of national survey data found about 62 percent of adults walked at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week in 2010. That\u2019s up from about 56 percent in 2005.<\/p>\n

People need to do at least 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity to get health benefits. Researcher Dianna Carroll:\u201cIn our study, we found less than half of adults get the 150 minutes of aerobic activity each week. This can be improved by doing activity as simple as walking .<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Signs of Bullying<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If you\u2019re worried that someone is bullying or being bullied, look for changes in behavior.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about the bullies. If a child is aggressive, is overly competitive and aware of popularity, or isn\u2019t taking responsibility for his or her actions, he or she might be bullying others. Being bullied has warning signs, too.<\/p>\n

Deborah Temkin is at the U.S. Department of Education says, \u201cChildren being bullied become more anxious and depressed and may be at more risk to use substances or miss school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parents can be aware of their kids\u2019 actions and habits. \u201cLook for behavioral changes in your kids and talk to them about what\u2019s going on, because it may be either they\u2019re being bullied or they\u2019re bullying others. And sometimes they\u2019re involved in both, so we need to be very aware of any sort of changes we see in our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about the signs of bullying and how you can take action to prevent it from happening at\u00a0stopbullying.gov<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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