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Well, welcome to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh, and from our family to yours, happy New Year, as we kick off 2026 with a special program focusing on healthy kids and thriving families. You know if you're a parent, you know how difficult it is to get kids to eat healthy. It feels like an uphill battle. Maybe you've experienced those

dinner time standoffs where vegetables go untouched and then the negotiations begin. Or perhaps

you've wondered if you're doing the right thing when your child refuses to eat what's on their

plate. Well, on today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we're going to kick off the new

year with some practical wisdom for one of parenting's most common struggles, and that is, teaching children to develop

healthy eating habits from an early age. Our guest is Ali Elliott, a pediatric nutritionist,

who spent years helping families navigate these challenges. She'll be sharing insights about why

childhood nutrition has changed so

dramatically over the past few decades and more importantly, what you can do about it in your

own home. And now let's revisit this classic conversation and introduce our guest, Dr. James

Thompson as he kicks off part one of this conversation on healthy kids and thriving families.

You know, the Bible teaches us that we should take care of ourselves physically because we're

a temple of the Holy Spirit. Everything that we put into our bodies has an effect.

So we must be mindful in this context of what we eat.

We're going to talk about that today.

I have had some bumps in the road.

It's been 28, nearly 29 years since I had a heart attack.

I changed everything.

I changed the way I ate.

I changed the way I exercised.

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