: About Me

I'm a registered dietitian with 25 years of experience promoting health and wellness. My focus is working with families to develop good nutrition and lifestyle habits and I take a special interest in working with women from pregnancy through family meal planning. Check out my blog, Feeding Kids and You at http://feedingkids.blogspot.com.

In addition, I've been writing a monthly special feature, Conversation with the Experts, for the Journal of Women's Health (www.liebertonline.com). I was nutrition editor for Sant, a gourmet cooking magazine featuring heart-healthy eating, and I've edited 2 books: The Laptop Lunch User's Guide: Fresh Ideas for Making Wholesome, Earth-Friendly lunches Your Kids Will Love (T. Morning Run Press, 2002) and On Your Way To Fitness: A Practical Guide to Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Weight and Physical Fitness (The C. Everett Koop Foundation, 1995). My articles have appeared the Cornell-Weill Food and Fitness Advisor, Environmental Nutrition, C. Everrett Koop Health Letter and P&S Journal (the alumni magazine for Columbia University's medical school).

I participate in the Montclair Health & Wellness Initiative, a forum to promote wellness throughout the Montclair (NJ) District Schools and within the community, and I chair the HealthCare working group for www.BlueWaveNJ.org.

Education and training: I earned a certificate of advanced training in child and adolescent weight management from the American Dietetic Association, and I have a master's degree in nutrition and health communications from Boston University.

Health & Fitness > Kids Nutrition Why toddlers don't like vegetables

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Who says toddlers don't like veggies?! When children reject vegetables, it may be from lack of exposure. Odds are that children who don't eat vegetables have parents who don't eat their veggies either. It's too easy to believe that children won't eat healthy foods. Yet, adults play a large role in determining what children will and won't eat. It might help to know that it takes at least 8-10 exposures to a new food before a child is likely to accept it, or even try it. Parents who are willing to introduce a new veggie, multiple times, even if it sits on the plate, will see it tasted eventu...

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