Moderation is important for many nutrition and dietary practices; this is especially true in the case of caffeine and children, tweens and teens.

One way to minimize the many unpleasant side effects of caffeine is to minimize or limit the amount of caffeine routinely consumed by your child, tween or teen.

This article offers tips on minimizing caffeine use in children and also minimizing the symptoms of caffeine withdrawal.

Children, tweens and teens are at a much greater risk for experiencing side effects from caffeinated foods and beverages because of their smaller size. The same amount of caffeine given to a child, or given to an adult will have a much greater effect on the smaller child.

This article looks at why caffeine is not a good drug for children, tweens or teens and some of the other reasons to limit kids' caffeine consumption that include the affect on behavior, obesity, nutritional deficiencies and the link with dental cavities.

What do hot cocoa, iced tea, M & M’s candies, soda, ice cream, frozen yoghurt, Starbuck’s Frappuccino, mints, dark chocolate, Mountain Dew, Sunkist Orange Soda, energy drinks and over-the-counter cold remedies all have in common?

These are all foods, beverages or products that children may consume that contain caffeine.

This weekend I stumbled across the Power Cell Energy Balls on display at our local Supermarket and found it to be quite alarming. The company is selling a product (Power Cell Energy Balls) that looks like a gumball from a prominent red gumball dispenser (Power Pump), which unless you take the time to read the fine print, you won’t realize that you are giving your child caffeine, extra vitamins and muscle building compounds—in a product that looks like it is made for children, but is not recommended for children.

I am always confused when I hear that there are parents that do not attend these “pow-wows” with their child’s teachers. After all, has anyone ever, when they ask their children what happened at school today, got any response other than “nothing” or “I can’t remember”? These brief meetings can let you in on their secret knowledge…what DO they do all day, and HOW do they do it?!

The summer is slipping away fast. There is still time to get the summer fun in.

My daughters have just started playing soccer for the first time, so I am concerned about dehydration during the hot afternoon practices and games here in California.

I know that children, adolescents and teens who play in the hot, outdoor summer or fall sports may be at risk of developing dehydration and various heat-related illnesses.

This article offers tips for parents on keeping your child or teen well-hydrated during the hot sporting seasons.

Obesity is rapidly becoming the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Recent statics indicating that 3 out of 4 Americans will be obese by 2015 are alarming to me as a physician who has seen the impact of obesity, diabetes and heart disease on patients.

These trends are concerning to me as a mother of two young daughters because my daughters will be young teenagers by 2015. This is a mere 8 years away. Plus I want to be one of the 1 in 4, or the 25 %. who are not in the overweight category.

The backpack is easily one of the most crucial back to school buys for teens, and it's important to the parents that the backpack be functional and easy on the back. For your teen boy, however, it must foremost be cool. Here are the best backpacks for teen boys that are both practical and cool.

It can be so hard to get something a teen girl thinks is cool. Once you hit the age of 25, you just don't get it anymore to them. Prove them wrong by delivering one of these too-cool back to school backpacks for teen girls.