Archive for the 'Let's Talk' Category

Feb 09 2010

Reading Helps Girls Lose Weight

Published by Joan Rudder-Ward under Let's Talk

Just read about a study done at Duke Children’s Hospital where they have a family-centered Healthy Lifestyles Program.  They took a group of 81 obese girls ages 9-13, divided them into three groups, and gave two of the groups different books to read.
One group of 31 girls was given  a book that had an overweight [...]

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Feb 06 2010

What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Published by Joan Rudder-Ward under Let's Talk

There is a lot more going on with cell phones than conversations and simple text messages. About 1 in 5 teens (ages 13-19) are sending nude photos of themselves via their phones, in a trend that has been dubbed “sexting”
A survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy contained  questions on [...]

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Feb 03 2010

Join in at the Say What You Mean Convention today!

Published by Joan Rudder-Ward under Let's Talk

Join us for the 5th Annual Say What You Mean Convention, which starts today at 8am PST, with a kickoff with Christian comedian Michael Jr.  Convention details are at www.SayWhatYouMeanCovention.com
Tune in to the live workshops at
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=13472&cmd=tc
I’ll be speaking today at 2pm PST on the topic- “The Heat is On – Techniques To Protect You and [...]

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Dec 30 2009

Issues? Who has “issues”?

Published by Joan Rudder-Ward under Let's Talk

There’s a culture war raging for the hearts and souls of our daughters.  How concerned should you be?  Can anyone escape totally unscathed?   Who has issues?

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