Welcome to the Youth Wellness Network!
The Youth Wellness Network (YWN) is an organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering youth to live happier and more positive lives. Our mission is to help youth break free from conditioned paradigms, belief systems, and habits that contribute to the creation of their most pressing issues.
YWN creates and implements wellness programs for youth, parents, teachers, and all those who want to support youth in living a life with more happiness, optimism, passion, abundance and self-worth.
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Youth Empowerment event at Midland Secondary School (April 19, 2012)
Michael Eisen, Founder of the Youth Wellness Network presents to students in Grades 9-12 at Midland Secondary School (800 students in attendance).
Michael is introduced (and then later joined) by Drew Dudley, Founder & Chief Catalyst of Nuance Leadership, Inc. (www.nuanceleadership.ca).
Student diet and physical activity improve with more parent communications
Days when students communicated with parents for 30 minutes or more, they were 14% more likely to consume fruit, vegetables and 50% more likely to engage in 30 minutes or more of physical activity
Fri, 17 May 2013 09:18:20 EDT
Positive social support at work shown to reduce risk of diabetes
While development of diabetes is commonly associated with risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity, research has shown that stress can also have a significant impact
Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:56 EDT
Study examines how children use humour and its effect on bullying
Being bullied deprives children of opportunities to practice positive humour with peers and leads them to rely on self-defeating humour, perhaps as a way to get others to like them
Thu, 9 May 2013 14:07:47 EDT
from naturalhealthcare.ca
Depression linked to telomere enzyme, aging, chronic disease
In untreated, depressed study participants, the size of the hippocampus was associated with the amount of telomerase activity measured in the white blood cells
Thu, 23 May 2013 12:51:59 EDT
Study finds that sleep apnea and Alzheimers are linked
Study finds link between sleep apnea-hypopnea and Alzheimers disease, though study did not determine the direction of the causality
Thu, 23 May 2013 12:12:28 EDT
Treatment of sleep apnea improves glucose levels in prediabetes
Treatment of sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for 2 weeks led to significant improvements in glucose levels, without affecting insulin secretion
Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:35 EDT
Study links chemicals widely found in plastics and processed food to elevated blood pressure in children and teens
Data from nearly 3,000 children shows dietary exposure to certain plastics may play a hidden role in epidemic increases in childhood hypertension
Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:52 EDT
Mediterranean diet seems to boost aging brain power
Average scores for cognitive and higher brain functions were significantly higher for senior study participants following the Mediterranean diets compared with the general low fat option
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:35:07 EDT
Early-life traffic-related air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity
Children exposed to the highest third amount of traffic-related air pollution during the first year of life were more likely to have hyperactivity scores in the at risk range when they were 7
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:44:03 EDT
