2/23/2007
Attention parents! If you take your kids out to eat four or more times a week, you may be putting them at risk for heart disease and stroke later in life. Doctors say children who frequently dine out get more starch, sugar, salt, and fat than those who eat at home. They are also more likely to have low insulin sensitivity, an early sign of diabetes. However, eating out two or three times a week doesn’t appear to have heart-harmful effects. So the message for parents…. make healthy choices when you eat out. Most restaurants, even those that serve fast food, now have salads and other low-fat, low-sugar choices.
It’s not too early to start planning for one of our biggest events of the year. Mark it on your calendar now. St. John’s Life Fair is set for Saturday, March 31st at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center on the campus of MSSU. It’s a new location, but we’ll have all the same free screenings and activities for the public. Our guest speaker will be unveiled soon, so keep listening and mark it on your calendar now. And for more information about St. John’s Annual Life Fair, call St. John’s Referral One at 625-2000 or log onto stj.com.
