Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Reading the tweets and news stories condemning Paula for not disclosing her diabetes sooner, and accusing her of doing so for personal gain, I’m reminded of the old American Indian Proverb: Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile [...]
Child abuse is one of the most difficult issues we face as pediatricians and in society. A new study out this month by Boston University School of Medicine sheds some light on one of the most important issues in helping [...]
We think about childhood obesity as a problem facing our kids but, in fact, it’s become a global health problem. Whether you travel in your community or around the globe, it doesn’t take too long to notice just how major [...]
My family has a tradition of getting all our back-to-school shopping completed just before our big end of the summer vacation. Lunch boxes used to be big ticket back to school items but since my girls are teens now, this ritual is, as Hillary Duff once sang, “so yesterday”!
I’ve always been sensitive to food allergies having had friends whose children have had all sorts of allergies. We’d adjust menus and restaurants to make sure everyone is safe and happy….
My daughter made a simple request for her 10th birthday – to bring in Dunkin’ Hines triple chocolate brownies to share with her class. What more could a busy mom ask for? Easy to prepare, quick to cook and “homemade” all from one little box. But what about the kids in the class with food allergies?
Got milk? Most refrigerators do, but most kids’ bodies don’t. The solution? Flavoring the milk!
Fostering healthy eating and fitness is often a wrestling match of Olympic proportions. In one corner, our kids highly motivated but under trained in the rules of health. In the other, the tag team of activity and food which can change as fast as a chameleon from working for the health of your child to a pure health enemy.
With childhood obesity becoming a national focus due to First Lady Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, many families are beginning to think about ways to help their children understand the many issues at play with health eating and staying in shape.
Just like cars and machines need proper oils to for the parts to move correctly and the right gasoline to run efficiently, and run at all, so, too, do our bodies need the equivalent of those things in liquids and [...]
