The Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most exciting and popular holidays for Vietnamese families. It’s also called the “Children’s Festival” and it’s celebrated when the moon is the brightest in the fall. Parents use this holiday as an opportunity to show their love and appreciation for their kids.

Join us as we follow tradition and pay tribute to children and the Vietnamese community with a daylong festival in celebration of Tet-Trung-Thu.

This celebration coincides with the opening of Dragons and Fairies: Viet Nam Through Folktales, an exhibit created by the Children's Museum of Houston which celebrates Vietnamese culture and heritage.

Date: October 10, 2009
Time: 10am-6pm
Admission: $7

-The Children's Museum of Houston

We all know that being overweight isn’t good for you, but for the first time, there is now an analysis of just how much of a difference a few pounds can make.

A new study just released shows just how much being overweight affects a woman’s life span. (Men were not included in this study, but one can reasonably assume that the results would be similar.)

In 1976, they picked 17,000 women (average age of 50) and monitored their weight and health changes every two years.

The results were surprising.

-Jason Hodge, Medical Exercise Specialist, Katy, TX