Less stress and more cheer for your holiday healthy living

Juggling work and personal life for healthy living during the holidays is difficult. We are snowed with holiday images — the perfect family, the right gift, doing for others. We get an idealistic picture about the holidays and feel obligated to perform. The idea of falling short of perfection can create tension. This tension causes a rise in hormones that promote overeating, overdrinking and less exercise.

The holidays are supposed to be a happy time, especially for children — they’re on vacation, they get to hang out with their friends and they can sleep in late. Unfortunately, not all kids a...