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Five ways to help your teen avoid the diet mentality
Five ways to support your teens in avoiding the diet mentality and having a positive body image

Practical strategies to help your kids build healthy, active lives
Practical strategies to help your kids build healthy, active lives. Adapted from full article by Dr. Natalie Muth, MD, RD, MPH.


Best Practices for Treating High BMI in Kids and Teens
The USPSTF recommends screening for obesity in children and adolescents aged 6+ and notes the importance of behavioral interventions.

Diets 'don't work', and they are detrimental for teens' health
A short-term quick-fix attempt to lose weight by dieting is not only NOT an effective way to lose weight and keep it off.

The pediatrician is concerned about my child’s BMI. What should I do?
Healthy kids come in all shapes and sizes, and this article will help you determine if there are steps you can take to improve the health of
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