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I'm here today with Bettina, Elias Siegel, who's the author of Kid Food,

The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World.

Bettina is a nationally recognized writer and advocate on issues related to children and food policy. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and the Houston Chronicle

among other publications and on her widely read blog, The Lunch Tray. She's a frequent guest on national

media and was named one of the country's 20 most influential moms in 2015 by Family Circle.

A graduate of Yale University in Harvard Law School, Bettina currently lives in Houston with her husband and two children. So welcome, Bettina. Thanks so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books. Thank you so much for having me. This is such a treat. Kid food. This is like always on my mind. So I'm delighted to have an expert to tell me the way it really is.

I'm glad to be here and do that for you.

Can you tell listeners please what kid food is about?

Yes. So kid food is really my attempt to explain to parents why they may be feeling that

it's very hard to raise healthy eaters today. If you're feeling that frustration, if you're

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