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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 …
Back to School Physicals? A Memo to Your Child’s PediatricianRead More
When it comes to this topic of chronically ill kids, do you have moments that pierce the bubble of consciousness and take your breath away? I was waiting to board an early flight to Denver recently, sipping a bracing hot cup of black tea, when I witnessed a scene that would’ve stopped parents from 1975 …
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 …
May 7, 2014 – Jill Tappert and Tasmin Cordie, DC The Three F’s of Kid Behavior: Food, Fats, and Fungus with Judy Converse, MPH, RD, LD View on Amazon.com Children and teens today face enormous struggles just to learn, play, socialize, or comply with simple requests. Estimates range from six to forty percent of …
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 …
