Body Positivity for Children with Crooked Teeth?
Has the body positivity movement gone too far, with bopo influencers telling their children to think it’s okay to have crooked teeth? Read more…
Can Untreated Scoliosis Lead to Spinal Stenosis?
If your child has scoliosis, you’d better make sure it’s monitored and appropriately treated – even if you don’t have health insurance. Read more…
Black Grey Hard Lump Inside Mouth on Bottom Lip of Child
Here’s what to do if your child has a black or grey hard lump inside the mouth on the bottom lip. Read more…
Can Specks of Blood in Infant’s Poop Be Caused by Cancer?
It’s alarming when changing your infant’s diaper you see specks or drops of blood in the stools. Read more…
Do Big Babies Usually Get Diabetes?
If you just had a big baby, rather than picture him one day as a wrestling star, you should picture him (or her) one day having type 2 diabetes. Read more…
What Do Inverted Nipples on a Baby Mean?
Perhaps you know that new-onset inverted nipples in a woman can signal breast cancer, but what’s going on when a baby is born with inverted nipples? Read more…
Why Are Some Babies Fat and Some Skinny?
Some babies are fat and tubby while others are skinny and scrawny. And many fall in between somewhere. What makes one baby fat and the next one thin? Is it as simple as some babies Read more...
Why Is My Baby’s Eye Crusted Shut Every Morning?
“In the first few months, a parent may note one [baby’s] eye crusted shut in the morning without any redness,” says Dr. Lisa Lewis, MD, a board certified pediatrician in Fort Worth, Texas, and author Read more...
Is Rice Cereal Over-Rated for Babies? Think Outside the Box
Why have so many moms jumped on the rice cereal bandwagon for their babies? There is no scientific proof that rice cereal is better for a baby’s health than any other food out there. Read more...
Why Young Children Take Frequent Deep Breaths at Rest
The causes of a young child often taking deep breaths while at rest range from perfectly benign to conditions that require medical intervention. “Children often have periods of shallow breathing,” says Dr. Lisa Lewis, MD, Read more...
What Temperature Is Too High for a Four Year Old?
"A temperature of 99 is not a fever and not urgent," says Irene Tien, MD, a board-certified pediatric ER physician who can be reached at My Doctor Friend. "Infants can have temperatures of 99F normally," continues Read more...
Better Parenting Means Less Obesity in Children?
Is obesity in children more about genes or bad parenting? The following seems to true: Parents who seriously work out and watch what they eat rarely have obese kids. And it also seems as though Read more...
Can a Preschooler Deliberately Withhold Poops for 3 Weeks?
“If a preschooler truly has not had a BM for three weeks, I would be concerned and seek medical care immediately,” says Joel Gator Warsh, MD, of Integrative Pediatrics and Medicine, Studio City, CA, and Read more...
Preschooler Excessively Thirsty but Does Not Have Diabetes
Why is your preschooler so thirsty all the time, always asking for drinks, yet bloodwork is normal including for diabetes? There was even a case in which a preschool aged child would get up in Read more...
Gigantic Poops in Children: Causes, Should You Worry?
Should you worry if your child’s poop is the size of a baseball? Sometimes the huge size of a child’s bowel movements has their parents worrying that something is wrong. Read Read more...
Could an Enlarged Tonsil in a Child Mean Cancer?
Many parents immediately think of cancer when they notice that only one tonsil is enlarged in their child. But there is another condition that the parent should immediately consider. Read more…
Cause of Bad Armpit Odor in Preschooler Other than Food
There are several conditions that can cause bad armpit odor in a preschooler, toddler or grade school child. However, armpit odor in a toddler gets the most attention because, well, isn’t a toddler too young Read more...
Why Your Baby’s Head Smells Like Sweaty Feet or Dirty Socks
Your baby’s head should NOT be smelling like sweaty feet or, as some describe, dirty socks. This means something is wrong. Any foul odor from your baby’s head or scalp is never normal. Read more...
Just How Dangerous Is Obesity in Children Anyways?
Obesity in children is dangerous, period. But just how dangerous? Kids, quite simply, should never be fat. Body positivity will NOT subdue the harmful effects of overweight. Never. Instead of preaching body positivity to your Read more...
Is It Bad for Little Girls to Want Muscles that Can Be Flexed?
If your little girl has expressed an interest in “getting muscles,” what should you do? First off, what you should NEVER do is take this new interest to mean that your young daughter is heading Read more...
Is Social Media’s Promotion of Obesity Making America Fatter?
Every week a Facebook or Instagram image of a fat or overweight woman goes viral: The latest is an obese woman in a bikini standing beside her overweight very young daughter. Read more...
Can Growth Hormone Injections Make a Short Child Tall ?
Will enough growth hormone injections cause a short child to grow enough to actually be tall for their age? After all, why stop at just “not as short” when you can achieve “taller than average,” Read more...
Why Fat Camps for Children & Teens Fail; Solutions
Think long and hard before sending your obese child to that luxurious “fat camp” tucked away in the majestic mountains somewhere. Read more…
Can Children Be Healthy at Every Size Too?
If adults can be healthy at every size, doesn’t it stand to reason that children can too? Isn’t it really odd that the supporters of “fat and healthy” don’t preach it for kids? Read more...
Childhood Obesity & No Exercise: Which Starts the Cycle?
If the average obese child is sedentary, did the obesity cause the inactivity? Or does being "lazy" cause the excess fat to pile up in a child's body? “This answer depends on the child,” says Read more...
What Sports Can Obese Kids Do Really Well?
An obese child does NOT need to sit on the sidelines while thinner kids participate in sports. There are plenty of exciting sports that fat children can excel in or just plain gain loads of Read more...
Blame Diet & Exercise Habits on Childhood Obesity, Not Genes or Heredity
Childhood obesity is overwhelmingly the result of bad diet and lack of exercise, rather than genetics or heredity. Parents, are you listening? “The CDC estimates that 18.5% of U.S. children are obese, and approximately one Read more...
Should Obese Kids Do Pushups? Parents’ Guidelines
So here’s the answer to whether or not obese kids should do pushups: This should be based on a case-by-case standard. There are interesting variables. In general, as a fitness expert and former personal trainer, Read more...
Why Obese Children SHOULD Lift Weights
If your child is obese, it's SO SAFE to get him/her into weightlifting for fantastic benefits! Obese children in particular will greatly benefit from lifting weights, and this article explains the details. Obese children as Read more...
Little Girls Worrying About Fat: Why This May Be Good
It’s hardly a bad thing when little girls start worrying about their weight. A little girl worrying about being fat isn’t such a terrible thing – especially if she is clearly headed in that direction. Read more...
Diet for Kids with Prader-Willi: Raw Vegetables All Day Long?
Why do women feed their Prader-Willi kids cereal for breakfast? I was inspired to write this article after reading about a women whose 14-year-old daughter weighs 343 pounds (as of August 2014). Hannah has Prader-Willi Read more...
Childhood Obesity, Intelligence & Type 2 Diabetes Linked
There’s a link between childhood obesity, intellectual functioning and type 2 diabetes. Intellectual impairment accompanies obese adolescents who have type 2 diabetes, according to a study reported earlier this year. When obese adolescents with type 2 Read more...
Does Being an Overweight Teen Cause Migraine Headaches?
you’re a teen who is overweight and suffers from migraine headaches, you now have yet one more reason to be motivated to shed the extra pounds. Being overweight is clearly associated with migraine headaches. And as Read more...
Best Way for Obese Children to Walk on a Treadmill
Look at the photo above of the overweight boy on a treadmill. This appears to be a non-posed shot, versus models being told to take specific positions instructed by a photographer. The first boy is Read more...
Can Childhood Obesity Cause High Blood Pressure?
Obesity causes high blood pressure in children no matter how cutely plump they are. Even if a fat child can run through the surf, kick a ball, play tag, bounce off a springboard at the Read more...