<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5204c585-af8e-4301-b459-a3b159c4e8eb/BF59BAC2-AFE9-47E5-9E1A-06A34E5020FC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090821/hl_hsn/healthtipbuyingbacktoschoolshoes" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090821/hl_hsn/healthtipbuyingbacktoschoolshoes" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090821/hl_hsn/healthtipbuyingbacktoschoolshoes">Back-to-school time means lots of preparation for parents, including the prospect of buying shoes for their children.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090821/hl_hsn/healthtipbuyingbacktoschoolshoes"><P>The <SPAN id="lw_1250870711_0" class="yshortcuts">American Podiatric Medical Association</SPAN> offers these shoe-buying tips:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090821/hl_hsn/healthtipbuyingbacktoschoolshoes"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Always have your child's feet measured before you buy shoes. Children's feet grow quickly, so you shouldn't rely on a previous measurement. </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Opt for <SPAN id="lw_1250870711_1" class="yshortcuts">new shoes</SPAN> instead of accepting hand-me-downs. That will help ensure a better fit and avoid spreading germs, such as the fungus that causes <SPAN id="lw_1250870711_2" class="yshortcuts">athlete's foot</SPAN>.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Inspect the heels of your child's shoes to check for uneven wear, which may indicate a foot problem.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">If feet aren't the same size, buy larger so as not to squeeze the bigger foot.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Don't buy shoes that aren't comfortable. There should be no reason to "break in" a new pair of shoes.</LI> </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BF59BAC2-AFE9-47E5-9E1A-06A34E5020FC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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