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Making Halloween Safer For Food Allergic Children

Halloween is upon us, and there are many ways to make Halloween Trick or Treating a safe and fun activity... Read More

Advocacy, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity

How Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Childhood Obesity Go Hand-In-Hand

Here is another guest post from Rebecca Abavi, Kindercare’s research assistant from this past summer – What Does Poverty Have To... Read More

Breastfeeding, Nutrition

Infant Tongue Tie – To Release or Not To Release

Some babies are born with a band of tissue that tethers the bottom of the tongue down to the floor of the... Read More

Allergies, Development, General Advice, Handout, Health Information for Parents, Nutrition, Parenting

A Guide to Introducing Complementary (Solid) Foods To Your Baby

Below is some evidence-informed information to help you with introducing complementary foods to your baby.  This is not a comprehensive... Read More

Bullying, General Advice, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Parenting

Keeping a Healthy Home to Manage and Prevent Childhood Obesity

Nearly one third of children are overweight or obese in Canada and the United States. This suggests that there are approximately... Read More

Breastfeeding, Development, General Advice, Health Information for Parents, Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Parenting, Safety and Injury Prevention

Ten Important Health Recommendations for Parents of 0 to 2 Year Old Children

Ten of the most important health recommendations for parents of children aged 0 – 2 years. Breastfeeding is the optimal way... Read More

Eating Disorders, Education, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity

Life-Threatening Consequences – When School Boards Fancy Themselves Healthcare Providers

I met Madelyn for the first time last month in clinic. Six months prior, she was an otherwise healthy 14... Read More

Eating Disorders, Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

The Missing Message From The Movie Fed-Up

While and after seeing the movie Fed Up last month, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something awfully important was missing... Read More

Development, General Advice, Guidelines, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition

The Latest Canadian Nutrition Guidelines For Infants and Children 6 Months to 2 Years of Age

Health Canada and the Infant Feeding Joint Working Group have recently released recommendation guidelines for the nutrition of older infants... Read More

Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Obesity, Parenting

Fostering Mindful Eating

Were you ever surprised to notice the bottom of a bucket of popcorn at the movies, or wished you could... Read More

Eating Disorders, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity, Office Matters

New Pediatric Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Clinic

I am pleased to announce that Kindercare Pediatrics, in collaboration with the ICAN Clinic, has opened the Pediatric Nutrition and Healthy... Read More

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Have We Been Overstating The Benefits of Breastfeeding? I Don’t Think So And Here’s Why

An interesting and provocative study, published last month in the journal Social Science and Medicine, suggests that the benefits of... Read More

ADHD, Development, Nutrition

Good Nutrition Makes a Difference for Kids with ADHD

Let’s face it. When you leave food choices up to a child, they will pick foods based on how good... Read More

Advocacy, Breastfeeding, Development, Nutrition, Research

Do We Really Need More Studies Concluding That “Breast is Best”?

Another study was published this month showing a connection between breastfeeding for greater than 6 months and better motor, language,... Read More

Breastfeeding, Development, General Advice, Healthy Lifestyle, Immunizations, Nutrition, Sleep

Ten of the Most Important Health Recommendations for Parents of Children 0 – 2 Years of Age

Ten of the most important health recommendations for parents of children aged 0 – 2 years. Breastfeeding is the optimal... Read More

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Active Kids, Healthy Kids – Canadian Pediatric Society’s New Physician Education Campaign

This month, the Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) launched a new program aimed at educating primary care physicians around how to... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Media, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

Dr. Flanders on CBC The Fifth Estate’s Season Premiere, The Secrets of Sugar

Over the past few weeks, I had the privilege to work with CBC’s The Fifth Estate team on their 2013/14... Read More

Eating Disorders, General Advice, How To, Nutrition, Obesity

How to Moderate Your Children’s Consumption of Junk Food

Moderating your children’s consumption of junk food can be tricky: On the one hand, there can be nothing more lovely... Read More

Nutrition, Obesity, Office Matters

A Warm Welcome to Karen Balko, Registered Dietitian

We are very excited to welcome our newest member of the Kindercare Pediatrics team: Karen Balko, Registered Dietitian Karen joins... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity

Do You Want To Be A Skinny Cow?

      Many years of nutrition studies can make you think about food in funny ways.  Over the past... Read More

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  • The (Not So) Great Canadian Domperidone Debacle 22 comments | 16.1k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on March 9, 2012
  • Have We Been Overstating The Benefits of Breastfeeding? I Don’t Think So And Here’s Why 21 comments | 2.9k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on February 28, 2014
  • My Family’s Visit to Canada’s (Food) Blunderland 20 comments | 10.4k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on September 2, 2012
  • Dr. Flanders’ Advice on Introducing Solid Foods to Babies 18 comments | 873 views | by Dan Flanders | posted on July 19, 2011
  • Life-Threatening Consequences – When School Boards Fancy Themselves Healthcare Providers 15 comments | 1.1k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on June 30, 2014

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