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Font Size  So Long, Soda...Hello, Fruit  WebMD Feature from
"Good Housekeeping" Magazine  By Walecia Konrad  Good
Housekeeping Magazine Logo Are your kids addicted to chips,
soda, and sweets?  Advice from Dr. William Sears on getting your
kids to eat right  Even if you prepare healthy meals at home for
your family, your teen or tween still makes a lot of her own
food decisions-in the school cafeteria, at friends' houses, at
the food court in the mall. How can you help your child make the
right choices without you?  William Sears, M.D.-a pediatrician,
father of eight children (ages 14 to 39), and author of more
than 30 popular parenting books-offers some answers in a new
book, The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood. Cowritten with his
wife (a nurse) and two of his sons (who are both pediatricians),
it provides a detailed nutritional guide as well as plenty of
down-to-earth advice. Below, Dr. Sears talks about keeping kids
on the right nutritional t