September 27, 2023

Going Back to School with Food Allergies: What Parents Need to Know

The school year is in full swing, but we know that sending a child with food allergies back to school can be a bit stressful. We’re here to help you understand what you need to do to keep your child safe and happy at school. When Should Your Child Carry Epinephrine? Typically, when kids reach…

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August 22, 2023

Back to School: Tips for a Tasty Lunchbox

The start of the school year brings with it the challenge of crafting lunches that are not only nutritious but also appealing to your child’s taste buds. We’ve all heard the classic complaints: “School lunches are boring,” “I don’t have enough time to eat,” and “I just don’t like what’s in the cafeteria.” But fear…

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August 16, 2023

Nurturing Nutritional Choices for Your School-Age Kids: A Guide for Parents

It’s fall and that means back to school for kiddos in preschool to high school and beyond! What they eat during this time can shape their lifelong eating habits and influence their overall well-being. Through our series of blog posts on nutrition and diet, let’s explore how you can support their nutritional journey and provide…

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November 3, 2021

Food for Thought

Hippocrates’ directive of “let food be thy medicine” has been around for millennia. But for Jong Rho, MD, chief of the Division of Neurology at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and a professor in the Departments of Neurosciences, Pediatrics and Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, it still rings true.   Dr.…

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December 11, 2020

Rady Children’s Expert is the Lead Author of Global-Reaching Position Paper on Weight and Nutrition in Childhood and Adolescence

Maya Kumar, MD, FAAP, FRCPC, a board-certified adolescent and young adult medicine pediatrician with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an assistant clinical professor with University of California San Diego School of Medicine, is on a mission. Along with nine colleagues from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, for which she chairs the Nutrition Committee,…

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October 13, 2020

Fun, Kid-Friendly Fall Recipes

San Diego may be a bit behind in terms of temperature, but fall is officially here! This year, while some favorite seasonal activities can safely continue (pumpkin patch visit, anyone?), many families are opting to keep celebrations within their own homes. Whether you’re craving a comforting meal or the beloved taste of pumpkin spice, or…

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March 2, 2020

Getting to Know: Carlos Morfin, Action Station Chef

It’s been said that a good meal feeds the soul as well as the stomach, and for Carlos Morfin, one of the chefs behind the action stations in the Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego cafeteria, that sentiment drives everything he does on the job. While our clinical staff get lots of (well-deserved) recognition for their contributions…

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November 22, 2019

Intuitive Eating: Eat to Live or Live to Eat?

by Monica Wing, RD, CNSC, CLEC Everyone gets caught up in daily routines and multitasking, making it difficult to stop and listen to what our body really wants and needs. Fueling the body with food is a necessity and is important for many crucial physiological and chemical processes, but eating should also be a pleasurable…

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August 20, 2019

Healthy and Fun Recipes for Back-to-School Season

Even if it feels like yesterday that your kids were celebrating their summertime freedom, back-to-school season is here. Along with checking shopping lists, stocking up on books and supplies, and preparing to get reacquainted with early wakeup calls, you may be pondering how to support your child’s brain power through school lunches and snacks that…

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March 7, 2019

Nutrition Fact vs. Fiction

Navigating nutrition is tough enough when keeping your own well-being in mind. But as parents, you know considering foods that support your child’s health, growth and development takes grocery shopping, meal planning and cooking to a whole other level. This is further compounded by the fact that there is tons of confusing, ever-changing information out…

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