Hsiao-Ching Chou is a partner at Suzuki + Chou Communimedia, where she serves as a senior consultant in communications. For nearly eight years prior, she was the award-winning food editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. She and her television producer husband live in Seattle with their daughter, who was born in October 2006.

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Girls' Sports Injuries

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May 12, 8:35 AM

by Hsiao-Ching Chou, Parenting Examiner

This piece is the Sunday New York Times reports on the higher rate of injuries among girls in sports: Read story.

Excerpt: Girls and boys diverge in their physical abilities as they enter puberty and move through adolescence. Higher levels of testosterone allow boys to add muscle and, even without much effort on their part, get stronger. In turn, they become less flexible. Girls, as their estrogen levels increase, tend to add fat rather than muscle. They must train rigorously to get significantly stronger. The influence of estrogen makes girls’ ligaments lax, and they outperform boys in tests of overall body flexibility — a performance advantage in many sports, but also an injury risk when not accompanied by sufficient muscle to keep joints in stable, safe positions. Girls tend to run differently than boys — in a less-flexed, more-upright posture — which may put them at greater risk when changing directions and landing from jumps. Because of their wider hips, they are more likely to be knock-kneed — yet another suspected risk factor.

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How Far Does Your Food Travel?

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April 26, 9:09 PM

Here is a series from The New York Times about the complexities of the modern food chain. Did you know that the largest producer of kiwis is Italy -- not New Zealand? Read all about it here. What does this have to do with parenting? I choose to buy foods... Read More
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