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• Obesity and Incontinence
  Losing Unwanted Weight May Help You Stay Dry
• Obesity and C-sections
  Is There a Link Between Obesity and Cesareans?
• The Terrible Dangers of Childhood Obesity
  An Excerpt from The Highly Healthy Child
• What's Eating Our Kids
  An Emotional Component to Obesity?
• Getting a Toddler to Sleep
  Developing Healthy Bedtime Routines for Toddlers
• Tune out for Good Health
  Limiting Computer and Television Time
• Obesity Insights
  7 (Sometimes Surprising) Secrets for Stopping Childhood Obesity
• Positive Plus-size Pregnancy
  The Latest Information on Obesity and Conception
• Pre-pregnancy Weight and Childhood Obesity
  Get Your Weight Under Control for Yourself and Your Future Children
• Get Moving!
  5 Tips for Raising Active Kids

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• Not Just for Adults
  Managing Type 2 Diabetes in Kids
• 10 Family Exercise Tips
  Breaking a Sweat with the Kids
• Active and Healthy Toddlers
  The Importance of Getting Your Toddler up and Active
• Plan Early to Head Off Obesity
  10 Tips for Daily Physical Activity
• Bitter Sweet
  Is Sugar Such a Bad Thing?
• Hope for Overweight Teens
  Putting an End to Childhood Obesity
• Baby Fat Facts
  Do Chubby Toddlers Lead to Obese Kids?
• Tips for Healthy, Happy Mealtimes
  For Too Many Toddlers, French Fries Are the Only Vegetable
• Carrying the Weight
  Helping Your Overweight Child
• In Search of Skinny
  Teens and Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Prolapsed Uterus and Pregnancy
  Does Prolapsed Uterus Affect Pregnancy?
• Joan Lunden's Top 5 Tips for Parents
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• Help! They're Stuffing Me!
  Saving Money Through Portion Control
• Face Stroke Before It Faces You
  Advice From the American Stroke Association
• Baby's Chubby Cheeks
  Is It Baby Fat or a Health Hazard?
• Beacon Street Girls
  Positive Preteen Role Models
• The Bad News About Couch Potatoes
  An Excerpt
• Juvenile Diabetes
  Recognizing the Signs and Getting Help
• Above Average Health Habits
  Encouraging Your Preteen to Get Fit
• Gym Wise
  Are Memberships Worth Your Family's Money?
• Living With Diabetes
  Tips from a Nutritionist
• Halloween Temptations
  Healthy and Non-food Alternatives From Texas Children's Hospital
• Turn Off the TV
  Turn on to Physical Activity!
• Too Toxic to Conceive
  Is Your Lifestyle to Blame for Your Inability to Conceive?
• Fun Ways to Spend Winter Days
  Indoor Fitness Tips for Families
• Is Your Toddler Overweight?
  Tips to Monitor Your Toddler's Growth and Development
• Baby Weight Percentages
  What Percentile Is Your Child In, and Does It Matter?
• Top Issues for Tweens
  How to Keep Your Preteen Healthy
• On the Right Track
  The Benefits of Writing Down What Your Family Eats
• The "Good Old Days" Are Now
  Helping Our Kids Live Better Today
• Cardio and Toddlers
  Activities to Get Your Toddler's Heart Pumping
• The Pregnancy Food Guide
  10 Tips to Help Moms-to-be Eat Healthier and Manage Their Weight
• Healthy Teens: Mission Possible
  There's Hope for Healthy Teens
• How Diet Affects PCOS
  Your Fertility May Benefit from Low-carb Eating
• Fat in a Baby and Toddler's Diet
  No Low-fat Diet for Baby
• Very High vs. Very Low Percentiles
  What Do These Numbers Mean for Baby?
• Carnie Wilson
  Even as a Mom, She's Still Hungry
• Highs And Lows
  An Inside Look at Teens and Diabetes
• What a Treat! We're Going out to Eat!
  Help Your Preschooler Form Proper Social Eating Skills
• Food Fight
  5 Common Nutritional Mistakes Parents Make
• Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines
  How Much Weight Should You Gain During Pregnancy?
• Drive-through Dinners and Toddlers
  Feeding Babies and Toddlers When You're Out and About
• Buying a Better Body
  Is Liposuction Right for You?
• Going to Extremes
  The Dangers of Diets and the Real Key to Long-Term Weight Loss
• Teens at the Table
  The American Medical Association Weighs in on Nutrition and Young People
• Boot Camp Basics
  A Kid-Friendly Marine Corps Workout
• Fatal Trend
  Pro-Anorexia Web Sites
• Sugarcoated Lessons
  Candy From Unexpected Places
• Lifestyle Changes for Family Health
  10 Easy Back-to-school Tips
• Child’s Play
  Combining Fitness and Fun
• Dents, Dings and Dough
  A Baking Experience with a Personal Touch
• Video Games Get Physical
  Using Entertainment Technology to Get Fit
• Children and the Mass Media
  How Setting Limits Will Benefit Your Children
• What Are Our Kids Drinking?
  What Children Drink is Important Too
• Your Water Workout
  Jump Into a Lifetime of Fun and Fitness – Safely
• Good Pregnancy Health from Day One
  Keeping Active Before, During and After Pregnancy
• When Laughing Makes You Leak
  Fast Facts About Stress Urinary Incontinence
• Caffeine and Toddlers
  How Much Caffeine Is Too Much for Toddlers?
• Home Cooking
  9 Easy Ways to Make Fixing Meals at Home Doable
• Failure to Progress
  The Causes and Risks of Failure to Progress During Labor
• Bonnie Blair
  Gliding through the Ups and Downs of Motherhood
• No More Baby Bottles
  Transitioning from Bottle to "Sippy" and from "Sippy" to Cup
• Baby Bottle Cautions
  Are Chemicals Lurking in Your Baby's Bottle?
• Toxemia and Pregnancy
  Tips for Tackling Toxemia
• 8 Tips to Lose Weight Easily
  Just Cut out Soda and Sugary Drinks
• Grand Fitness
  Exercising with Your Grandchildren
• Disordered Eating and the Dieting Game
  The "Thin" Line Teens Cross When Abusing Diet and Exercise
• Big Enough
  Healthy Weight Gain for Teens
• Tiny Bites, Big Nutritional Needs
  Exploring a Toddler's Dietary Requirements
• Pint-sized Body Image
  Shaping the Way Our Children See Themselves
• Pelvic Floor Disorders After Childbirth
  Understanding Pelvic Organ Prolapse
• The Clean Plate Club
  Why Your Family Shouldn't Join
• Can Preterm Labor Be Predicted?
  Finding Reassurance with the Fetal Fibronectin Test
• Generation Fast Food
  Deficiencies in the American Teen Diet
• Annabel Karmel
  An Advocate for Healthy Children
• Put Me In, Coach
  Is Your Preschooler Ready for Organized Sports?
• An Ounce of Infertility Prevention
  15 Simple Ways to Prevent Infertility
• SOS for PCOS
  Live a Healthy Lifestyle
• Looking for Support
  The Facts aboutCentral Vision Blindness
• Worried About Conceiving?
  Simple Changes Can Increase Your Chances of Conception
• Trigger Teen Triumph
  Body by Jake's Secrets to Building Teenage Minds and Muscle
• Not Your Mother's Pregnancy
  The World of the Modern-day Expectant Mom
• Preconception Visits
  Working with Your Doctor for a Healthy Conception
• Toddler Bedtimes
  Developing a Sleep Schedule and Routine
• Healthy Eating During Preconception
  Good Nutrition While You're Trying to Conceive
• Asian Food During Pregnancy
  Eating Asian-healthy While Expecting
• Breakfast and Lunch on the Go
  Kick the Day off Strong and Keep Going All Day Long
• The Spa Solution
  A New Trend Promotes Healthy Lifestyles
• Square Meals
  Do Kids Need Three Square Meals a Day?
• Nursing Mother, Working Mother
  The Essential Guide for Breastfeeding and Staying Close to Your Baby After You Return to Work
• Breastfeeding and PCOS
  Living and Breastfeeding With Low Milk Supply
• Putting a Stop to Soda Pop
  Why Too Much Is Hurting Your Kids
• Weight Loss Tips for Teens
  20 Insanely Easy Weight Loss Tricks
• A C-section Baby Boom
  Why Cesarean Delivery Is on the Rise
• What Are You "Weighting" For?
  Family Strength Training Starts Young
• Backyard Remedies
  Growing Your Own Medicinal Garden
• Pay to Play
  The Expense of Extracurricular Activities
• Heart Health During Pregnancy
  Tips to Have a Heart-healthy Pregnancy
• Staying Active, Controlling Incontinence
  A Primer for Men and Women
• Denise Austin
  A Happy Mom Fighting a Growing Epidemic
• Making Sense of PCOS
  Answers to Common Questions About Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Divorce's Impact on Breastfeeding
  How the Legal System Impacts Breastfeeding
• Fit as a Family
  Cold-weather Activities
• So, You're A Vegetarian?
  People Who Don't Eat Meat
• Breastfeeding and Thrush
  Thrush Diagnosis and Treatment
• Off the Couch
  Summer Fitness for Kids
• Hidden Benefits of Being Active
  More Reasons to Keep Your Tweens and Teens Active
• Pediatricians Sound Off
  What Doctors Wish Parents of Small Children Would Worry About
• Stillbirth
  The Facts, Causes, Risks and Aftermath of Stillbirth
• Take Charge of Your Health
  7 Tests for Every Woman
• Eating for Your Hormones
  A Natural Solution to Menopause Madness
• The Nursing Mother's Companion
  
• From Breast Milk to Solids
  The Real Scoop on Solid Foods for Breastfeeding Babies
• Kathy Smith
  Interview with a Workout Mama
• Your Fill of Fiber
  Getting the Nutrition You Need
• Eating Disorders in the Spotlight
  An Interview With Eve Eliot
• 101 Reasons to Breastfeed in Your Child
  
• Positive Energy
  How to Build Vitality and Stop the Energy Vampires
• Redefining Pantry Staples
  The Benefits of a Well-stocked Kitchen
• Cook's Library
  Great Books for Your Cookbook Collection

• What are some health benefits that babies receive from breastfeeding?
• Why should physical activity start early in life?
• How common is it to have more than one child in the home with ADD?
• I am considering gastric bypass surgery. Is this a good idea?
• My 3-year-old is constantly thirsty and drinks a lot of water. Should I be concerned?
• Is TV really that bad for children? Should I really be concerned?
• Should my toddler be exercising? When do kids need regular (daily) exercise?
• What are the benefits of strength training for my already very athletic son?
• How do you get thrush?
• Can you walk at your own pace, or do you have to "power walk" to get results?

more expert q&a

• Is it a problem to be overweight and pregnant?
• Is there any evidence that shows that physical activity is important to the way kids learn?
• I have gestational diabetes and would like a chart of food values in order to plan my meals.
• When should I start my baby on solid foods?
• I am considering raising my children vegetarian. Do people still have the same thoughts about vegetarians, or has thinking come around that we can satisfy our body's needs?
• My toddler is a very picky eater and tends to eat a lot of convenience foods. Can you suggest any kid-friendly, healthy alternatives?
• What are the most serious childhood illnesses I should worry about with my child who is in daycare?