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Back to School Physicals? A Memo to Your Child’s Pediatrician

Getting your kids’ annual school physicals this month? Have some nagging health concerns? As you jot down notes to discuss with the pediatrician, take this checklist with you. There are straightforward, nutrition-focused solutions to the critical path issues on this list. No drugs, no therapy, no ongoing visits to behavior clinics. Simple measures may resolve […]...

August 7, 2017 3:43PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Sorting It Out–Paleo, Vegan, or What? – Episode 36

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August 6, 2014 – Margo Gasta, MS, RD, CCN, CHom with Judy Converse, MPH, RD It’s not so easy to figure out what to feed our kids anymore. Just when you think you’ve gotten it down, you learn there’s new research implicating a true staple in your family’s diet; something you would’ve sworn was healthy […]...

August 3, 2014 8:30AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Halloween Candy Conundrum

Your kids are bouncing around with excitement. School activities are over-the-top Halloween focused. Back in the day At the risk of sounding like a real curmudgeon, I will say that nobody had costume parades, Halloween parties, or spooky extra treats in my 1960s elementary school days. Sure, we made pumpkin art projects that got pasted […]...

October 30, 2013 7:00AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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