by Abby Bleistein, MD | Oct 24, 2017 | Dining Out, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss
What You Can Do Going to a relative’s house for dinner can trigger feelings of guilt for making specific meal requests. The hosts may feel you don’t appreciate their efforts. Family members might feel shamed or judged for their food choices. Going “out with...
by Abby Bleistein, MD | Oct 12, 2017 | Weight Loss
What you need to know and how to overcome it Weight bias is a very significant and very real experience for most of my patients. From the judgment or dismissiveness of physicians, to the side-long looks when taking their seat on an airplane, to offensive jokes by the...
by Abby Bleistein, MD | Mar 23, 2017 | Children's Health, Weight Loss
with Pediatrician and Kidpower Board Member Abby Bleistein, MD by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 22, 2017 Healthful Life MD Abby Bleistein Too often, kids and adults alike suffer from name-calling, taunting, rude gestures, pranks,...
by Abby Bleistein, MD | Feb 13, 2017 | Weight Loss
What Motivates YOUR Weight-loss Journey? We are now in the second month of 2017…. Many of you may have made New Year’s Resolutions, commitments to change that seem to come and go often without achieving the goal set out. Have you stuck with any of your resolutions...
by Abby Bleistein, MD | Dec 13, 2016 | Healthy Eating, Weight Loss
Which One of These Scenarios Tend to Sneak Up On You? by Liz Daeninck MS, RD – Registered Dietitian It is estimated that 37.9{07da271e77422af76f51da788dfc38972c1a2f571acbdb370ea97addefcb7f7a} of U.S. adults aged 20 or older are obese, compared to...
by Abby Bleistein, MD | Sep 13, 2016 | Children's Health, Weight Loss
September is the Childhood Obesity Awareness Month!One in 3 children in the United States are overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts kids at risk for health problems that were once seen only in adults, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease....
