I feel so weary writing this, I almost can’t start. And I am not talking about provider fatigue, for that is a different subject altogether, and an important one. No,…

Parents, doctors, therapists, dietitians and patients: don’t even think about using BMI as a measure of “state!” You have heard me say in my blog posts many times that, at…

Late in the afternoon on the day before Thanksgiving, a mother of a former patient emailed our clinic and here is what she said: She wanted to call and let…

This post was originally published on November 23, 2010. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. As is probably true for many of you, it's all about giving thanks, and…

This post was originally published on November 30, 2010. Reading through the latest comments on Laura's Soap Box, and those on Around the Dinner Table message board, I see many…

Inching our way forward into medical care that is truly collaborative, we face many challenges. The first is internal: our medical training (pretty much no matter when we trained) reflects…

A couple of weeks ago, a reader comment on a discussion about hyper-palatable foods (HPF) brought to mind an issue I’ve heard before, one which highlights a key misunderstanding about…

Part of any successful voyage, especially one that involves reaching a critical destination for you and your loved ones, involves deciding when to keep rowing and when it would be…

One of the most common comments and questions we get about our ordered-eating family-style meals is about whether or not such eating is “normal” and whether it doesn’t represent some…

Whichever genius came up with the pithy “first do no harm” knew what they were talking about, or at least had a profound understanding what evil could be committed in…