Tweens (9-12)

Kids (and adults!) with Gastro-Esophageal Reflux

Kids (and adults!) with Gastro-Esophageal Reflux – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 2, Episode 4 Betsy and Jen discuss their personal and family experience with reflux, as well as tips for management by diet. What foods and what timing affects symptoms? What makes reflux more tolerable? if

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Intro to Kids’ Nutrition and GI

Intro to Kids’ Nutrition and GI – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 2, Episode 1 Welcome to the season 2 opening show with co-hosts Betsy Hjelmgren and Jen Karakosta! Jen and Betsy are taking it deeper this season – beyond the eating and down to the digestion.

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Ask Amanda: Should I Buy Organic?

Nutrition vegetables

Hi Amanda, my kids are 1 and 3 years old.  I am wondering about buying organic versus non-organic. Is it really necessary to buy organic? Thanks for asking this question!  This is a personal preference, however, there are ways to make informed decisions when you are shopping

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Ask Amanda: Why Do Kids Need Fruit and Veggies

Do kids need to eat fiber

Why do kids need to eat both fruits and vegetables? If my child prefers one over the other, is that okay? Find out in this week’s “Ask Amanda,” column. Ask Amanda is our weekly virtual Q and A forum brought to you by Feed to Succeed’s expert

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Ask Amanda: Getting Kids to Eat Fruit

getting kids to eat fruit

This week, in lieu of answering a question, I thought I would share our fruit tree. In our practice, we meet many picky eaters and their parents. There are many reasons why children become picky eaters. Regardless the reason, sometimes as parents, we resort to the foods

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Bringing It All Together

Bringing It All Together – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 12 Join Betsy and Jen as they revisit the highlights of the first series of the Feed to Succeed podcast and weigh in on the take-away themes.  From take a S.E.A.T. to determine the cause

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Milk, Water, and All Those Beverage Options!

Milk, Water, and All Those Beverage Options! – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 8 Starbucks, energy drinks, sodas, juices…what’s a parent to do? Betsy and Jen return to the scene with their lively banter, focused on what and how much kids should be drinking. Is

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The Benefits of Consistent Meal Routine, Schedule, and Location

The Benefits of Consistent Meal Routine, Schedule, and Location – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 7 New guest, nurse practitioner Karen Gentile of Kids First Pediatric Partners in Skokie, IL, joins Betsy and Jen to discuss the benefits and tips for establishing eating routines and

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How Many Times Until My Kid Will Eat That?

How Many Times Until My Kid Will Eat That? – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 6 Smita Joshi, guest expert in feeding difficulties, joins Betsy and Jen for an in-depth and helpful discussion about strategies for getting kids to eat things they don’t want to

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Force Feeding – A Bad Means to an End

Force Feeding – A Bad Means to an End – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 5 Click here to download Feeding therapist and feeding expert, Smita Joshi of Assential Therapies, joins Jen and Betsy for an in-depth discussion of primary feeding difficulties and what you

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