Food Fight! Crowning the Healthiest Foods for Kids | Dr. Yami Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 23 September 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Do you know which foods are actually healthy for kids? There's a good chance that what you were taught growing up isn't the most sound nutrition advice!
Pediatrician Dr. Yami joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to crown the undisputed healthy heavyweight foods for youngsters!
She and Chuck then examine what a healthy diet for kids should look like. Spoiler: It's not what is usually served in school lunch lines.
Dr. Yami also answers viewer questions from The Doctor's Mailbag:
- What are the healthiest snacks for kids?
- Is a vegan diet healthy for children?
- How much fat do children need in their diet?
- What are good alternatives to lunch meat?
- How can stop sugar cravings in kids?
- Can children get hooked on fast food at an early age?
- Plus, many more!
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Healthy School Lunch Resources
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Dr. Yami
IG: @thedoctoryami
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Chuck Carroll
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | There's nothing wrong with pizza. |
| 0:01.8 | In fact, you just have to start thinking about pizza |
| 0:04.2 | in a different way. |
| 0:05.5 | So you can make your own pizza at home, |
| 0:07.3 | we pizza at my house, and you can make it even faster |
| 0:11.0 | than ordering it from the pizza place. |
| 0:13.5 | You can get some whole grain pizza, |
| 0:15.8 | put some pasta sauce on there, |
| 0:17.6 | and then just go crazy with the different vegetables. |
| 0:20.5 | I love to encourage families to do like pizza bars. |
| 0:24.2 | So you put up lots of different toppings, |
| 0:26.4 | and each child can make their own personalized pizza, |
| 0:29.8 | and you feel like you're still getting that treat, |
| 0:32.7 | you're getting that special food that you have every week. |
| 0:40.7 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, |
| 0:42.6 | brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:48.1 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us. |
| 0:52.5 | This is Episode 77 of Season 4, number 272 overall. |
| 0:57.5 | You know, if you Google childhood obesity, |
| 1:00.5 | you will see some alarming results. |
| 1:04.5 | Just this past week, my screen was plastered |
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