by PediaBlog | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
We have addressed the many ways in which excess sugar consumption impacts health many times before on The PediaBlog. We know that eating and drinking too much sugar increases the risks in children AND adults for the complications of overweight and obesity,...
by PediaBlog | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Speed Bump by Dave Coverly (arcamax.com/thefunnies)
by PediaBlog | Apr 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Vienna’s Veggie Orchestra Literally Plays With Food from Great Big Story on Vimeo: In Vienna, Austria, there is an orchestra that performs with instruments made from vegetables. For the past 18 years, these musicians have been purchasing produce from a local...
by PediaBlog | Apr 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on April 5, 2016. The School Excuse Pediatricians’ offices get bombarded daily with requests from parents for school excuses. What parents don’t realize is that for most situations, a note from the pediatrician is...
by PediaBlog | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
“What’s with all the anti-vaxxers out there?” I’ve been asked a lot recently, as if the people who spread cynical, science-free anti-vaccine propaganda on TV, in print, and all over social media suddenly materialized out of thin air....
by PediaBlog | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
(CDC — Updated 3/28/19) In January, we checked in on Clark County, Washington after Governor Jay Inslee declared a public health emergency because of a measles outbreak. Vaccine hesitancy and refusal were threatening to turn back decades of remarkable...
