The document discusses 7 key health principles for kids: 1) Kids are born to be healthy without drugs or sickness unless caused by behaviors/environment. 2) Healthy food intake and avoiding sugars/preservatives is important to prevent obesity and related diseases. 3) Kids need daily outdoor activity and exercise to develop properly and maintain a healthy weight. It also discusses risks of off-label drug use in children, medical errors as a cause of children's deaths, adverse drug reactions, and benefits of chiropractic care for children's health and development. The document advocates for natural health approaches over excessive drug use for kids.

2. Kids’ Key Health Principles
1. We were born to be healthy.
2. Healthy food intake is a must.
3. Kids need outdoor activity.

3. Kids’ Key Health Principles
4. Kids need a lot of sleep.
5. A strategy for building self-esteem is a
must.
6. Parents must lead by example.
7. A child must have proper nerve function
as they grow and develop.

4. Kids’ Key Health Principle #1
• They were born to be healthy.
– Kids don’t get sick because there is a
lack of drugs in their blood.
– Most times, fevers are friends, not
something to be ‘fought.’
– There are no ‘sickly kids,’ just sick
behaviors and environments that
interfere with the expression of health.

5. • Physicians who treat children often
prescribe drugs for off-label uses because
little information is available from well-
controlled studies on dosage, formulation,
effectiveness, and safety in children.
Nightingale SL: Off-label use of prescription drugs. American Family
Physician August 1, 2003.
.
Off-Label Drugs Used for
Children

6. Off-Label Drugs Used for
Children
• Three-fourths of the prescription drugs on
the market do not have labeling indications
for children, leaving their use for children
to physicians' discretion.
Benjamin DK, et al.: Peer-reviewed publication of clinical trials completed
for pediatric exclusivity. JAMA. 2006;296:1266-1273.

7. • Almost 80% of hospitalized children get
drugs that are not approved for pediatric
use.
• Using drugs that have been insufficiently
studied in children has contributed to
adverse outcomes, which have been
documented in the medical literature.
Shah S, et al: Off-label drug use in hospitalized children. Archives of
Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. March 2007.
Off-Label Drugs Used for
Children

8. Off-Label Drugs–Efficacy
• 73% of off-label uses lacked evidence of
clinical efficacy.
• The greatest disparity between supported
and unsupported off-label uses was found
among prescriptions for psychiatric
treatment usage (4% strong support vs.
96% limited or no support) and allergies
(11% strong support vs. 89% limited or no
support).
Radley DC et al.: Off-label prescribing among office-based physicians.
Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1021-1026

9. Incidence of Adverse Drug
Reactions (ADRs) in Children
• The incidence of preventable ADRs is
similar to that found in adult literature.
• Over 50% of the reported ADRs resulted in
treatment intervention and/or temporary
patient harm.
Temple ME, et al: Frequency and preventability of adverse drug reactions
in pediatric patients. Drug Safety 2004;27(11):819-29.

10. Children’s Deaths Caused by
Medical Errors
• In hospitals, medical errors are
responsible for the deaths of nearly 4,500
children in the United States every year.
• "The bottom line is that none of these
events should have happened," said Dr.
Marlene R. Miller, the study’s lead author
and Director of Quality and Safety
Initiatives at the Johns Hopkins Children’s
Center in Baltimore.
Study finds US pediatric medical errors kill 4500 children a year.
BMJ 2004;328:1458 (19 June).

11. Adverse Drug Reactions in
Children
• A recent review of all studies concerning
the reasons for pediatric hospitalization
(children under the age of 19) found that
2.09% of all pediatric hospitalizations were
caused by adverse drug reactions and that
39% of these were life-threatening.
Impicciatore P, Choonara I, Clarkson A, Provasi D, Pandolfini C, Bonati
M. Incidence of adverse drug reactions in pediatric in/out-patients: A
systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. British
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Jul 2001; 52: 77 - 83

12. Adverse Drug Reactions in
Children
• There were 3.8 million children under the
age of 19 hospitalized in the United States
in 1997. This means that in one year, there
are 79,000 children (2.09% x 3.8 million
children) admitted to the hospital because
of adverse drug reactions; 31,000 of these
children having life-threatening adverse
reactions.
Miller MR, Elixhauser A, Zhan C. Patient safety events during pediatric
hospitalizations. Pediatrics Jun 2003; 111: 1358 - 1366.
Worstpills.org

13. Kids’ Key Health Principle #2
• Healthy food intake is a must!
Most of what kids eat today is poisonous, so:
– Reduce or eliminate refined sugars, artificial
sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup, trans fats
(fast foods), and preservatives.
– Sweeten with honey, agave nectar, stevia.
– Increase omega-3’s (fish oil), organic foods,
pure water consumption, fruits and veggies,
and have them take a daily multi-vitamin.
– Read “Crazy Makers” by Carol Simontacchi

14. Childhood Obesity
• Type 2 diabetes is closely linked to those who are overweight
or obese.
• Type 2 diabetes, previously considered an adult disease,
has increased dramatically in children and adolescents.
• In 2002, 16% of children aged 6 to 19 years of age in the
United States were overweight – nearly tripling the totals of the
past two decades.
• Overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming
overweight, or worse yet, obese adults.
• Without change, these children become overweight or
obese adults who are at risk for a number of health
problems including: heart disease, type 2 diabetes,
high blood pressure, orthopedic problems, and
some forms of cancer.

15. Obesity Also Takes an Emotional Toll!

16. Kids’ Key Health Principle #3
• Kids need to move and be active!
– Outdoor activities are the best.
– They need physical activity every day.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommend that kids get at
least 60 minutes of moderate activity
(i.e., brisk walking, playing tag, jumping
rope, or swimming) each day.
– The TV and the computer are the
enemy!

17. Kids’ Key Health Principle #4
• Kids consistently need lots of sleep
– Normal health, development and performance
require normal sleep.
– According to a NW University study published
in “Child Development,” children who do not
get enough sleep are more likely to be
overweight.
– Experts recommend:
• Toddlers: 13 to 14 hours per day (including naps)
• Children (5 -12): 10 to 11 hours of sleep per night
• Adolescents (12 -19): 8 to 9 hours of sleep
– You can go a day or two without eating right or
exercising. Try going two days without sleep!
– Bedtime rituals are important.

18. Kids’ Key Health Principle #5
• A strategy for building healthy psychology
and self-esteem is a must!
– They didn’t come with an instruction manual, so
knowing how to manage kids’ psychology is
hard.
– They need to feel safe, loved, and trusted.
– For starters, affirmations.
– Read:
• Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids
Will Talk by Faber and Mazlish
• Siblings Without Rivalry by Faber and Mazlish

19. Kids’ Key Health Principle #6
• Parents must lead by example!
– Your kids will live like you live.
• If you smoke, it is much more likely your kids will smoke.
• If you are obese, it is much more likely your kids will be obese.
– Even if you have gotten out of shape or are unhealthy, just
being in the process of making healthy lifestyle changes
sends a great signal.
“Be the change you want to see in your children.”
Gandhi

20. Kids’ Key Health Principle #7
• A child must have a properly functioning
nervous system.
– We live our lives through our nervous system.
– The benefits of healthy food, exercise, and
other positive lifestyle habits are significantly
diminished in the presence of nervous system
interference.
– Subluxations: The enemy of proper childhood
development.

21. Health Status of Children
• Two hundred pediatricians and two hundred
chiropractors, each randomly selected, were
surveyed to compare the health status of their
respective children – who were raised under
different health care models.
– Nearly 43% of the ‘medical’ children had suffered
from tonsillitis, compared to less than 27% of the
‘chiropractic’ children.
– Lower antibiotic use and lower incidence of disease
were also reported in the ‘chiropractic’ children.
A comparative study of the health status of children raised under the
health care models of chiropractic and allopathic medicine. Van Breda,
Wendy M. and Juan M. Journal of Chiropractic Research Summer 1989.

22. Health Status of Children
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23. CHIROPRACTIC IS SAFE FOR
CHILDREN!
Adverse events linked to pediatric chiropractic care
are virtually non-existent
– The risk of neurologic and/or vertebrobasilar
complications from a chiropractic visit was estimated
at 1 in 250 million pediatric visits.
Pistolese RA. Risk assessment of neurological and/or vertebrobasilar
complications in the pediatric chiropractic patient. J Vertebral Subluxation
Res. 1998;2 :77 –85

26. “…not a dry eye.”
Christina was born with a diagnosis of “failure to thrive”
and her APGAR scores “were terrible,” 2 and then 3.
Although Christina had been perfect in utero, the doctor
who delivered her was in a hurry and made the decision,
without consent, to use forceps. For three months after
birth, Christina had bruising on both sides of her head,
from her eyes and ears to the base of her skull.
Christina presented with a glaring bony displacement so
severe that her chiropractor “could not understand how
she was alive or how anyone could have missed such a
glairing bony displacement.” She was about half the size
of a normal eight year old. When first introduced, “she
held her arms out front with her wrists dropped down. Her
skin was almost transparent and seemed to be so thin.
She could not form sentences or move other than at a
slow shuffle.”

27. Christina’s grandmother brought her in to see the
chiropractor and a few minutes after Christina’s first
chiropractic adjustment, “her face got beet red and her
eyes became as big a saucers.” Then she began to smile.
Her chiropractor was the first person to ever see her
smile. Christina then asked, “Can I sit up?” It was her
first formed sentence. Christina went from sitting, to
standing, to running into her mother’s arms in that one
afternoon at her chiropractor’s office. There was not a dry
eye in the room.
Christina continued to see her chiropractor several times a
week for a year and a half. Today, she is a beautiful young
girl who is full of life.
“…not a dry eye.”

28. Born with a Weaker
Immune System
Two-year old Matilda presented with a history of frequent
recurring ear infections for the previous 18 months. She
was also suffering with frequent fevers, upset stomach,
colds, coughs and fitful sleeping patterns. During a difficult
delivery, Matilda’s shoulder had been caught on her
mother’s pelvis. Matilda’s parents had tried all kinds of
things to relive Matilda’s suffering including antibiotics and
homeopathic supplements. They had basically spent every
last dollar on health care. The only conclusion that the
medical doctors could come to was that this girl was born
with a weaker immune system. Mom was frustrated and
upset, and didn’t know where to turn.

29. Two months after her chiropractic care began, Matilda had
improved greatly. Her mom reported an improved
disposition, that she was no longer taking medications and
that she was now sleeping through the night. Matilda’s
mother, father and sister have all started receiving
chiropractic care.
Born with a Weaker
Immune System

30. Matilda’s Scans
First scan After 2 months

31. An Important Policy
Because we understand the damaging
effects of vertebral subluxation to human
health and development, it is the policy of
our office that all children of patients get
checked for subluxation. We will screen
them with our cutting-edge Insight
technology.
If they look fine, we will report the good news.
If they have a disturbance to their nervous
system, we will make recommendations.
Kids, because they are developing,
especially benefit from chiropractic care.