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Teens with Asperger Syndrome: How Swimming Changed One Teen’s Life
A few years ago, I was like many other teens with Asperger Syndrome. I didn’t have many friends and struggled to fit in at school. As a result, I kept mostly to myself. For fun, I’d have my mom take me...
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Move It, Move It: How to Be Sure Your Kids Are Active Enough
With school, clarinet practice, a bit of screen time and all that homework, your kids’ after-school schedule might feel pretty packed. Now consider that children need one full hour of physical...
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5 Ways to Get More Exercise with Your Kids
As a busy work at home mom, it’s hard to get enough exercise in each week. I know I’m not alone, but it doesn’t stop me from trying to figure out ways to sneak more exercise in. I’m far from perfect...
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Dr. Greene’s Super Bowl Challenge
Dr. Greene’s take on how to watch the Super Bowl… Turn several hours of fun on the couch into several hours of active fun: Whenever your team makes a first down, celebrate with 10 jumping jacks,...
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Early Puberty in Girls
Dr. Greene’s take on early puberty: Question: My 8 yr old daughter is showing signs of premature onset of pubery; she has adult-grade underarm odor, blemishes, headaches, and a few hairs under her...
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Get Your Kids Up and Moving
We all know about the importance of fitting exercise into our daily lives. However, millions of Americans still do not get exercise regularly. With the obesity epidemic all around us, it is time for...
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Dr. Greene’s Top Parenting Dos and Don’ts
Each day I see parents trying their best to do what’s right for their families, but no one has the perfect guidebook that tells parents what to do. Here are the top ten solvable problems that I advise...
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Exercising for Two
Exercise is a green approach to health care. Yes, a green pregnancy means making the most of what you take into your body, through what you eat, drink, and breathe, and also absorb through your skin,...
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Cholesterol, Drugs, and Kids
Controversial new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics call for more children to get their cholesterol checked, starting as young as age 2, and for some kids to be started on statin drugs...
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As Powerful as Insulin
Dr. Greene on something that’s as powerful as insulin during pregnancy… The hormonal shifts of pregnancy are a challenge for maintaining healthy blood glucose levels. Up to 1 in 8 women will develop...
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Burning Fat
What kind of exercise is most effective for burning fat in children? A new study delivers an objective answer. It’s no secret that childhood obesity has become a major problem, nor that physical...
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Soccer and Weight Loss
A fun, practical, affordable way to help overweight kids? My friend and colleague, Dana Weintraub, MD, from the Division of General Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Lucile...
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Baby Fat
Dr. Greene’s take on baby fat… I often hear from parents who expect that their cute, chubby young children will naturally thin out the baby fat as their height spurts up. Unfortunately, it doesn’t tend...
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Conscious Preconception
The “trimester” before pregnancy is an important window of opportunity for a baby’s health, whether this is a first pregnancy or a later one. And during pregnancy, the weeks between when conception...
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An Important Message from Rob Reiner
Many people know me as an actor and director, but my most important role is that of a father to my three children. Raising healthy, happy children is my top priority. That is why my organization,...
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Depressed Dads
Dads matter. When people think about depression soon after a baby is born, they often forget about fathers. But many new dads do get depressed, and you can read their depression in their children’s...
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An Obesity Epidemic
Dr. Greene’s take on the obesity epidemic… You’ve probably already heard that we are raising the most overweight, out-of-shape generation of children in history. In October 2004, the Centers for...
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Chubby Average Predicts Disaster
When my wife and I were born, American teenage girls, aged 12 to 17, weighed an average of 118 pounds. Some weighed more and some weighed less. Today, the average has swollen to 130 pounds. And...
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Childhood Obesity and Cancer
Dr. Greene’s take on childhood obesity and cancer… The heavier kids are during the toddler, preschool, and school years, the greatest the chance they have of developing cancer as young adults,...
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Dad and Mom Prevent High Blood Pressure Together
High blood pressure, which used to be a disease of middle age, is becoming more common in children. Once a child has high blood pressure, unless there are significant lifestyle changes, the high blood...
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