Childhood Obesity

“Childhood Obesity: Is Mom to Blame?”

There has been a controversial PSA called, “Childhood Obesity: Is Mom to Blame” circulating around social media. This PSA indicates that parents are to blame for the childhood obesity epidemic. Haven’t seen the PSA yet? Click here. There are numerous factors affecting childhood overweight and obesity! However, it is not in left field to say that parents […]

Is Your Cereal Part of a Balanced Breakfast or Just Dessert?

Cereal has always been a fan favorite and an easy breakfast. However, has our beloved cereal just been dessert all along? The Environmental Working Group (EWG) just analyzed over 1,500 types of cereal and discovered that some of them even contained half their weight in sugar. There is a lot of “added sugar” in most of the […]

The Hunger and Overweight Paradox

Both food insecurity and being overweight are linked by numerous factors. Within the United States alone, there is an estimated 16 million children that are food insecure. Food insecurity means that a family or individual is faced with the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or is unable to acquire acceptable food in socially acceptable […]

Healthier Food Choices For Kids

Should obese children be placed in foster care?

A recent commentary entitled, “State Intervention in Life-Threatening Childhood Obesity” was printed in the The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). I was shocked when I read this commentary! How we go from “oh obesity is a problem” to “holy s***…we need to put children in foster care to protect their health and well-being.” The article […]

Childhood Obesity