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Category: Childhood obesity

The epidemic that will far outlast COVID-19

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Dr. Fred

More young children than ever are suffering from diseases that were once reserved for unhealthy adults. And that bothers me… a lot.  But there’s more bad news…   A recent Centers for Disease [...]

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Teen obesity rockets midlife cancer risk by 25 percent

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Dr. Fred

Boy, was I alarmed when I read a recent headline linking adolescent obesity to midlife cancer risk. That’s partly because this news hits close to home: As you may recall, I was an obese child [...]

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Parents are robbing kids’ futures—one sugary treat at a time

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Dr. Fred

I find it devastating that we continue to eat our way to chronic illness. But worse, by far, is the fact that we’ve led our children down this tragic path alongside us. There’s not a parent alive [...]

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Kids grow into obesity — not out of it

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Dr. Fred

There’s a reason my first book was called Feed Your Kids Well. It’s my firm belief that the way we’ll eat for the rest of our lives is embedded in us as infants, toddlers, and young children. [...]

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Mothers and babies need good bacteria, too

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Dr. Fred

Yesterday, we talked about the contributing role that bacterial diversity plays in the obesity crisis. Today I want to share a study on a similar subject… in a very different population. One [...]

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A happy childhood starts at the dinner table

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Dr. Fred

Often, it’s the little things in life that have the most profound impact on our health. But when we spend so much time seeking out newer, cutting-edge shortcuts to fix our problems, it’s easy to [...]

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Today’s “baby fat” is tomorrow’s prison sentence

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Dr. Fred

Here’s a frightening statistic that really fired me up when I read it: If current trends continue to prevail, more than half of America’s kids will be obese by age 35. This, despite the fact that [...]

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How obesity surgery heaps injustice on top of insanity

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dr. Fred

Prepare yourself. Because today’s topic is a real smack in the face. I can’t believe I’m even writing about this, to be honest. There are quite a few things about the following story I find [...]

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The global pandemic that’s killing our kids

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Dr. Fred

I saw the childhood obesity crisis coming from miles — or I should say decades — away. I was at a conference in Orlando. So of course, I went to Disney World.  And when I looked around, all I saw [...]

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Sleeping in could save your child’s life

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Dr. Fred

Not a day goes by where I don’t counsel my patients on the vital importance of a good night’s sleep. And as I’m sure you’ve noticed, it also gets plenty of lip service here in the Reality Health [...]

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