One serious consequence of anorexia nervosa is that it hurts patients' bones. Calcium plays key roles in muscle contraction, transmission of nerve impulses and many other biological …
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A discussion on new guidelines aimed at preventing eating disorders and obesity in teens
In my latest 1:2:1 podcast, I spoke with Stanford pediatrician Neville Golden, MD, about new guidelines to help pediatricians and parents talk with adolescents …
One approach prevents both obesity and eating disorders in teenagers
Doctors and parents can use a single approach to prevent both obesity and eating disorders in teenagers. That's the message from new guidelines released today …
Additional food supplementation could prevent thousands of birth defects, researchers say
Adequate folic acid consumption during pregnancy is known to lower the risk of two serious birth defects: spina bifida, a spinal defect, and anencephaly, absence of …
USDA missed key opportunity to promote a plant-based diet, Stanford researcher says
Food is a topic of nearly obsessive conversation and amazingly fraught. Someone who casually passes up a plate of dinner rolls at a party might be …
WIC policies should help kids drink less fruit juice, Stanford experts say
Every day of my childhood began with orange juice. My mom bought cardboard cans of frozen concentrate at the grocery store, and one of the …
Intermittent fasting: Fad or science-based diet?
Are the health-benefit claims from intermittent fasting backed up by scientific evidence? John Trepanowski, postdoctoral research fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center,weighs in.
Are the health-benefit claims from intermittent fasting backed up by scientific evidence? John Trepanowski, postdoctoral research fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center,weighs in.
Dispelling myths on eating disorders and healthy eating
Everybody eats. It's one of the most basic, universal activities there is. Yet, across cultures — and even between individuals — our views of food …
New Stanford celiac disease resource offers help with gluten-free diets
Receiving a diagnosis of celiac disease can be pretty daunting. The most common inherited autoimmune disease, celiac disease causes a lifelong inability to tolerate gluten, …
“I wasn’t afraid to fail at my dream”: A physician-chef discusses her unusual career
How do you combine internal medicine, nutrition, culinary arts and public policy into a single career? Ask Michelle Hauser, MD, who has integrated her eclectic training into …
“This is my story, my body, my journey”: A Stanford physician’s quest for better health
Larry Chu, MD, and I have a few things in common. We’ve both been carrying around excess weight, and the judgments that come with it, …
Teens need healthy brain food, says Stanford expert
Today, U.S. News and World Report released their 2016 ranking of the best diets. For their story on healthy eating for teenagers, Neville Golden, MD, division chief of …
How parents and kids can have a happier – and healthier – Halloween
When I was a kid, the ghosts and ghouls of Halloween were the scariest things around. Now that I'm older, the terrors of Halloween have …
Forget perfection and just cook for your kids, says new book by Stanford author
“Our children are in trouble because we’ve outsourced the job of feeding them,” says Stanford child nutrition expert Maya Adam, MD. To tackle the problem, …
A conversation about the diabetes epidemic
On this morning’s KQED’s morning radio show, Forum, several doctors including Stanford’s Bryant Lin, MD, discussed how diabetes is affecting the health of millions of …
A call to focus on the nutritional value of foods, rather than calorie counts
To reduce obesity rates, cardiovascular risk and chronic diseases, ditch calorie counting and instead emphasize the nutritional content of foods. That's the message from a …