KevinMD August 2, 2025
I would never have thought I would be the one writing this piece.
I am a board-certified pediatrician and internist with a background in nutrition, well-versed in integrative medicine. Our family eats its fair share of kale, blueberries, and salmon. We hardly ever have a significant supply of junk food in the house. Fast food is a rarity, and she never even tasted juice in toddlerhood. And still, my child’s BMI has been in the obesity range for years.
She was not especially distressed by her size until fourth and fifth grade when a few particularly unhelpful classmates began to point out her size in unkind ways familiar to any who have been fat shamed at some point in their...
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