*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on April 12, 2018.   Making Healthy Food Choices     Coaching Your Child to Better Health By Jennifer Yoon, RDN/LDN, Pediatric Alliance — St. Clair   If your child is struggling with his or her weight...

An Apple A Day…

  “Low intake of healthy foods and high intake of unhealthy foods is the leading cause of mortality, globally and in many countries.” — Dr. Ashkan Afshin (University of Washington) — Time   A new study analyzing the health effects of dietary risk...

Sugar Overload

  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,...

Milk — It’s Complicated

  Roy Benaroch updates us on the confusing world of commercial milk products on his outstanding blog, The Pediatric Insider: Milk sure has gotten complicated. You’ve got, of course, milk—the white stuff that comes out of cows—in different varieties of fat...

What’s In That Juice?

Concerned about its impact on dental health, the rising epidemic of obesity, and malnutrition in childhood, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated their recommendations on fruit juice consumption in children in 2017: 0-12 months (infants) — NO fruit juice. 1-3...