September marks several nutrition-related health observances and I would like to take this opportunity to touch on family nutrition. Specifically, the most common questions that parents ask regarding their children’s diet.
How much fruit and vegetables do children need?
We all know that our kids need fruit and veggies and we struggle everyday, trying to win the [...]
Tags: diet, fruit and vegetables, green checkmark, Nutrition, restrictions, smart choices
Posted in: Nutrition, Parenting
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Ellyn Satter’s book Your Child’s Weight: Helping without Harming, provides clear directions to make mealtimes pleasant and healthy -something I definitely needed as my infant daughter forayed into solid foods.
As I was looking at my own baby book recently, I noticed several frightening parallels between myself and my daughter, specifically regarding weight and eating habits.
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Tags: diet, Ellyn Satter, infant feeding, Weight, Your Child's Weight
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Can you imagine your baby eating as much as you do? A Dietitian has recommended a 2000 calorie a day diet for baby girl Agatha Holloway. She was born 11 weeks prematurely and has been prescribed the high-calorie diet to help her to catch up to a normal weight.
Agatha almost died shortly after she was [...]
Tags: calories, diet, premature babies
Posted in: Baby
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One in five preschoolers are obese, according to researchers at Ohio State University. That adds up to half-a-million obese four year olds in America.
Baby fat is adorable, and even necessary for survival. Babies are designed to be fat, because fat is needed to help babies regulate their temperature. Those adorable little rolls around their tummies? [...]
Tags: diet, exercise, obese, obesity, overweight, preschoolers, Toddlers
Posted in: Baby, Health
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As I was pondering all things pregnant this morning while gazing at my rapidly growing waistline, I wondered what my food cravings mean. Do cravings tell you something, or is there no real reason for them other than to annoy your husband when you demand that he get you fried chicken take out at 11pm?
When [...]
Tags: cravings, diet, Food, Nutrition, Pregnancy
Posted in: Pregnancy
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