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The Changing Face of Hunger
As the fall-out of the recession lingers on, I am seeing more and more families in my clinic who are facing food insecurity and hunger. Many of these are families who used to be solidly middle class,...
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Feeding Toddlers, Part One: The Cheese Stands Alone
Photo by Christian Bauer Our son has always loved to eat. In the hospital after he was born, the lactation consultant called him the “barracuda” breastfeeder. He ate vigorously and often. While this...
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Feeding Toddlers, Part Two: The Picky Crowd
Photo by Martin Cathrae After a lovely holiday hiatus, I am back, as promised, with part two in the series on feeding toddlers. Today I’ll focus on kids who are choosy. For this post I lean on...
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Do all kids need their cholesterol checked?
As directed by new guidelines from the Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents, my clinic recently started checking a non-fasting...
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Fighting Hunger in Our Neighborhoods
I have previously written about hunger, and it continues to be a significant problem for many, many children in our country. Sometimes problems of this scale feel a bit overwhelming and it is difficult...
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Healthy, Kid-Approved Meals and Snacks
We do a fairly good job of eating healthy at our house, particularly for dinner, but we have recently been in a rut with healthy options that my 6-year-old will actually eat for breakfast, lunch, and...
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Simplify Week 2: Nutrition
This week I focused on simplifying nutrition. We already eat pretty healthy around here, thanks to some changes over the last couple of years, but I have found this area to be one that requires...
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Simplify Week 3: Meal Plan and Prep
I got so many questions about my meal planning and prep strategy after the nutrition post last week that I decided to focus on it for this week’s simplify theme. I did most of the leg work on this task...
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