6 Ways to Decrease Your Family's Exposure to Harmful ChemicalsBy: Dr. Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP When I began my pediatric residency 20 years ago, environmental health questions had not yet found their way into board certification exams. We did learn about the effects of childhood lead exposure on the developing...

By Dr. Chu So you’ve made a decision to reduce your meat consumption by transitioning to a plant-based diet, but you aren’t quite sure how to start.  You have so many questions. Will my family eat what I make? Will I end up making a second meal when they refuse? ...

I am a mother and a physician. This month, in honor of women's history month, I wanted to share a poem I wrote called The Sled. I wrote it after coming in from a winter walk with my family. We had been having a trying day and as I wrote in...

By Matthew Feltrop : What is (and particularly what isn’t) on children’s plates in the United States is prime evidence of the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Right before the current health crisis hit, childhood food insecurity affected a staggering 15 million children. Without the consistency of school meals, as well as many households losing income, that number has grown to about 18 million. Widespread childhood nutrition programs have proven essential to increasing both food security and health outcomes for children.

By Dr. Jacqueline Douge: Children begin to develop an understanding of race very early. By the age of 6 months, children notice racial differences and by 2-4 years of age begin to internalize racial bias. Our children are watching, listening and learning to everything around them and from their parents. As your child’s first teacher, you play an important role in helping to teach your children about empathy, kindness, compassion and fairness towards others, to build positive racial and ethnic identities, celebrate similarities and differences and to help children to create a more just world. 

By Cherie Chu, MD DipABLM Turning healthful eating into a fun game can make a world of difference in how children see it. We recommend eating a diversity of plants for optimal gut health and playing the Eat the Rainbow game is an excellent way to do this. Imagine going...

Growing up in an Indian household meant we did things a certain way. We used stainless steel at the table and our serving sizes were on the smaller side, requiring you to refill only when needed. Glass Folgers coffee jars were reused to store spices. Oh and remember those little...

  This year has been challenging for every single person on this planet. Those challenges may have come in different forms but this is a moment in time when we realize - we all are just human. We are all more similar than we are different. There is a group of...

I was three years old when my parents immigrated to this country. I didn’t speak any English. I learned  from watching Sesame Street and immersion. My father worked long hours as a resident physician and we lived in a small one bedroom apartment in Staten Island.   I grew up in...