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The New Food Icon — MyPlate (and Weekly Meal Plan)
I’m exhausted coming off a weekend of two kiddie birthday parties and a BBQ we hosted. I realize this way too much for Big A after witnessing her meltdown at my mother in law’s last night. I’ve...
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Should 9 Year Olds Be Screened for High Cholesterol?
In addition to checking growth and health, administering immunizations and prescribing medications, pediatricians have something else on their to-do list: checking cholesterol levels in all children....
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What the Disneyland Exhibit “Habit Heroes” Can Teach Us
I’ve been wanting to write about the new exhibit in Disney World aimed at fighting the obesity epidemic since I heard about it — and now it’s already closed. Basically, Disney created Habit Heroes to...
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Dieting Children, Cooking Light and News Round-Up
I’m sure that by now you’ve heard of the Weight Watchers article in the April edition of Vogue where a mom puts her 7-year-old on a strict diet – and landed a book deal for her effort! Reading this...
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Weekly Meal Plan: Monday September 17th
Happy Monday! I don’t know about you, but this whole starting school thing has got me a little stressed out. Big A goes to school at 7:45 — early for us. We’ve been taking turns driving her, and...
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Am I the Only Mom Who Hates Party Favors?
We arrive at the kiddie birthday party ready to enjoy festivities. Once the cake is eaten, my kids inquire about their gift. Just when I tell them there might not be one, the little baggie filled with...
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The Case for Rice Cereal
When it comes to feeding babies, the trend of ditching rice cereal is becoming increasingly popular. I think it all started when Dr. Green led a campaign about the detriment of giving babies refined...
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5 Unexpected Food Lessons Halloween Can Teach Your Child
It’s that time of year when parents have the candy conversation. Yes, it’s the talk about whether to limit sweets during Halloween, use a switch witch, go with healthier items or just allow...
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Why Food Fads and Children Don’t Always Mix
Food fads come and go. Consider how much the pendulum has swung from the low fat 90′s to the carb conscious face of the new millennium. Similar to modern-day politics, food choices have become...
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Feeding Struggles That Keep Parents Up At Night (and How to Solve them)
I receive questions from parents all the time. But there are some that I get over and over, indicating they hit a sore spot with parents. So I am putting more food for thought behind the feeding...
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Does Rewarding Kids to Eat Healthy Backfire? What the Research Says
Your child agrees to eat some broccoli in return for a sticker. He knows if he gets enough stickers he can pick out a toy. Will he keep eating broccoli when the rewards stop? New research says,...
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Got a Food-Obsessed Kid? Research Warns: Don’t Restrict Them
Last week, the New York Times ran an article about the Lure of Forbidden Food. It’s a topic I know all too well because I regularly get questions like this in my email: “We have a toddler who is...
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Fortified Foods: The Good, The Bad and The Useless
You’re at the grocery store and you have the choice to buy regular orange juice or the kind with added calcium and vitamin D. Should you do it? How about that milk with DHA for your toddler? In...
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Why We Need Radical Honesty About Family Meals (Yes, From You Too)
Family dinners. Everyone knows they need to make time for them. And, of course, that includes planning them. But life has a way of getting in the way. Often times, this ritual can take a hit and the...
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New Research Exposes the Importance of How We Eat
I’m always amazed how little attention the “how” of eating gets. And by the how I mean how someone structures their meals, the level of attention they give while eating and responding to internal cues...
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2015 Dietary Guidelines: What Parents Need to Know
You may have heard rumblings about the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Although the official guidelines are not here yet, the process has been kick-started with a major report that summarizes...
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5 Lessons I Vow to Teach My Children About Weight and Body Shape
I pick my kids up from school and in the car my typically quiet son informs me that eating too much ice cream makes you fat. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing so I started to ask some questions. I...
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DHA for Kids: The Complete Guide for Parents
This is a post from 2009 updated and rewritten to reflect the latest research As a parent, you’ve likely heard about the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids for kids. In particular, docosahexaenoic acid...
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What Dr. Oz, The Food Babe and The Anti-Vaccine Movement Can Teach Us About...
There’s a new skepticism in the air about health claims. I can feel it. It started around 2011 with the discovery of a fraudulent study linking the MMR vaccine to autism, fueled more recently with the...
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7 Red Flags of Misleading Nutrition Advice
Before we dig into our new series on evaluating the evidence for nutrition trends, I want to review the different types of evidence. Without this knowledge it’s easy to be misled. By being misled I...
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