August Resolution: Eat Your Way to a Healthier Life with Smaller Portions
Want an easy way to reduce the number of calories your family eats? In the month of August, why not try replacing your dinner plate for a salad plate? By reducing the size of our plate we naturally...
View ArticleHealthy Snacks for Kids: Refreshing Lemon Pudding
While summer is still going strong, parents are running out of nutritious, palette-pleasing ideas for their children. Refreshing Lemon Pudding is a refreshing choice, loaded with calcium and Vitamin C....
View ArticleJune Resolution: Make Family Mealtime a Priority
Family mealtimes promote a healthy lifestyle for both children and parents.
View ArticleJuly Resolution: Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are an essential part of our daily diet but most people don’t eat enough of these nutritious foods. This month we challenge you to add eating a piece of fruit in the middle of the...
View ArticleHealthy Breakfast Recipe: Gluten-Free Banana Pancakes
This healthy breakfast recipe is ideal for people with Celiac disease, or those who hate to start the day with a heavy, flour-loaded breakfast. Breakfast is the ideal time to introduce protein into...
View ArticleSeptember Resolution: Inspire Your Family to be Active and Fit by Visiting a...
Celebrate Childhood Obesity Awareness Month by resolving to visit a different park every weekend with your family to encourage your children to be healthy and fit. September is Childhood Obesity...
View ArticleHow to Combat Childhood Obesity: A Patient’s Testimony
Obesity is an epidemic that impacts roughly 17% of American children (or 12.7 million) and adolescents aged 2—19 years.[1] Both parents and children need to understand that obesity is a disease that...
View ArticleOctober Resolution: Incorporate Vegetables Into Every Lunch and Dinner
Vegetables. We need them, we want our kids to eat them, but why is it so hard to serve them? Think back on your meals over the last week. How many were mostly protein and carbs? Sure, there is the...
View Article5 Tasty Tips Take the “Boo” Out of Sugary Halloween Treats
Halloween is a favorite holiday for most children, but it can easily turn into sugar overload on a day that’s filled with parties and trick or treating. There is no reason to completely restrict fun...
View ArticleNovember Resolution: Eat Fish Once or Twice a Week for Improved Health
In November, Dr. Marta Katalenas challenges parents to introduce fish into family diet to stave off weight problems and chronic illness.
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