Does variety in my child’s diet matter? Feed to Succeed Registered Dietitians answer why variety matters and their tips to increasing variety in the diet. Supplements Do Not Replace What Can Come from Food: Does variety in my child’s diet matter? “While it can be easy to
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Body Weight and Young Athletes – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 3, Episode 10 Coach encouraging you to lose or gain some weight for performance? This episode features youth sports dietitian, Melanie Battaglia, discussing nutrition and body weight amongst young athletes. Betsy and Jen ask some pointed
Read more →Does your young athlete face frequent diet challenges, opinions and even pressure from coaches, peers and other well-intended people? This kids nutrition podcast is for you.
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In this week’s Ask Amanda, we address a common question for moms of toddler. When a child doesn’t eat much meat, how do you make sure he has enough iron.
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Hi Amanda. I hear a lot these days about probiotics and how they can be good for kids. Is this something I should consider for my toddler? Does he need a supplement? This is a great question and a good follow up to the question last week
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We are so excited to introduce a new column to our website, “Ask Amanda,” a virtual Q and A forum brought to you by Feed to Succeed’s expert Northshore dietitian Amanda Gordon. Amanda is also a certified lactation consultant, and she explains in this week’s first column whether
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Vitamin A What is vitamin A? Vitamin A is a fat soluble (requires fat to be absorbed) vitamin that is needed for vision, gene expression, and growth of cells. Carotenoids (anti-oxidant) are also a form of vitamin A and are needed for eye health and heart disease.
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Instinctual in every parent, especially mothers, is a deep-seated desire to feed their children. For parents of children with feeding tubes, this need is just as strong but a lot more complicated. On an average week, I see two to three patients with feeding tubes, and for
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