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🗓️ 24 June 2024
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Over the last few decades, the rates of chronic illness and obesity in children have skyrocketed. Some folks argue that this is due to increased awareness and testing – but what is really contributing to increased childhood illnesses? And more importantly, what can we do about it? That’s exactly what you’re going to learn on today’s show.
Today’s guest is Dr. Joel “Gator” Warsh, a board-certified integrative pediatrician and author of the new book, Parenting at Your Child’s Pace. He’s joining us on this episode of The Model Health Show for an important conversation on the increasing rates of childhood illnesses, simple dietary swaps for healthier kids, and how to make more informed parenting decisions.
You’re going to learn about making more confident parenting choices, and how to navigate the landscape of childhood health and lifestyle choices. Dr. Joel “Gator” Warsh has an extensive knowledge base, as well as invaluable experience on what it takes to create healthy, thriving children. If you’re ready to feel empowered about your children’s health, just click play!
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0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
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0:08.0 | Welcome to the model health show. This is fitness and nutrition expert Sean |
0:14.7 | Stevenson and I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today. Since 1980 |
0:19.5 | the obesity prevalence among children in the United States has almost tripled. |
0:26.4 | Today, nearly one and every three of our kids is classified as overweight or obese. |
0:32.2 | And not only do we have an epidemic with rising rates of obesity |
0:35.0 | and our children we're seeing skyrocketing rates |
0:38.0 | of issues like autism, of neurological conditions, |
0:42.0 | of autoimmune conditions, |
0:43.0 | conditions, something is seriously awry. |
0:45.6 | And today we're going to talk about, |
0:46.9 | is it just because of better testing? |
0:48.8 | We're going to talk to a leading pediatrician |
0:52.2 | and get some insight on this who's seeing these issues firsthand |
0:56.0 | and also he's working alongside with parents to be able to really understand what is that the root |
1:00.9 | cause of these epidemics and what can we do to improve the health |
1:04.3 | outcomes for our children and also for ourselves as well. |
1:07.6 | Now I've got something for you to consider during this episode as well which is if you grew up |
1:11.5 | like I did I'm a kid of the 80s I grew up in the 80s |
1:13.9 | all right so this is like the golden age of ultra processed food this is when things got |
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