Fathers for Organic – Part 5 of 7: A Father’s Protection
    Fathers for Organic – Part 5 of 7: A Father’s Protection

    Most children today don't grow up on a farm. Does choosing organic food make a difference for children growing up in America's suburbs? Researchers at the Department of Environmental Health in the Sch…

    Fathers for Organic – Part 4 of 7: Against All Odds
    Fathers for Organic – Part 4 of 7: Against All Odds

    The Agricultural Health Study is a huge, ongoing, forward-looking analysis of the health of farmers and their families that began in 1993-4. Over 89,000 people are participating in the study. The stud…

    Fathers for Organic – Part 3 of 7: A Father’s Insight
    Fathers for Organic – Part 3 of 7: A Father’s Insight

    My wife's name is Cheryl. When my youngest was a baby, she was radiant and full of life. We were enjoying parenting together, and enjoying being partners on DrGreene.com. She was responsible for the d…

    Fathers for Organic – Part 2 of 7: I Didn’t Always Feel This Way
    Fathers for Organic – Part 2 of 7: I Didn’t Always Feel This Way

    When my first son was born, it was as if a new dimension had opened in my life. My first glimpse of him was a profound moment, but in those first days as a new dad, I had no idea the scope of the new …

    Fathers for Organic – Part 1 of 7
    Fathers for Organic – Part 1 of 7

    As a father, I find within me a deep, growing desire to teach, to provide for, and to protect my children. These instincts are in my marrow. For me, one way to do all three of these is to choose organ…

    Young woman wearing a bathrobe while sitting in a bathtub eating noodles. What we eat during pregnancy changes food preferences.
    Does what I eat during pregnancy change my baby’s food preferences?

    What Is There for the Baby to Smell? The amniotic fluid is like a living bowl of salty soup. The cells in the baby's nose can detect the ingredients in that soup and send messages about them to the br…

    An Important Message from Rob Reiner
    An Important Message from Rob Reiner

    Many people know me as an actor and director, but my most important role is that of a father to my three children. Raising healthy, happy children is my top priority. That is why my organization, Pare…

    Depressed Dads
    Depressed Dads

    Dads matter. When people think about depression soon after a baby is born, they often forget about fathers. But many new dads do get depressed, and you can read their depression in their children's be…

    Family Mealtime All for One and One for All
    Family Mealtime: All for One and One for All

    When I was a child and my family was gathered together for a meal, my father would sometimes look each of us in the eye and say, "All for one, and one for all." We eagerly repeated this to each other,…

    An Obesity Epidemic
    An Obesity Epidemic

    Dr. Greene's take on the obesity epidemic... You've probably already heard that we are raising the most overweight, out-of-shape generation of children in history. In October 2004, the Centers for Dis…

    Obese in Preschool
    Obese in Preschool

    More than 10 percent of American kids between the ages of 2 and 5 are already overweight or obese, according to the January 2005 annual statistics report of the American Heart Association. This number…

    Fast-Food Fallout
    Fast-Food Fallout

    Does stopping by a fast food restaurant a few times a week with your kids really make a difference in their health? A major long-term study has found a strong association between eating fast food more…

    Chubby Average Predicts Disaster
    Chubby Average Predicts Disaster

    When my wife and I were born, American teenage girls, aged 12 to 17, weighed an average of 118 pounds. Some weighed more and some weighed less. Today, the average has swollen to 130 pounds. And teenag…

    Dad and Mom Prevent High Blood Pressure Together
    Dad and Mom Prevent High Blood Pressure Together

    High blood pressure, which used to be a disease of middle age, is becoming more common in children. Once a child has high blood pressure, unless there are significant lifestyle changes, the high blood…

    Kid-Friendly Whole Grain Cereals
    Kid-Friendly Whole Grain Cereals

    Kids in America simply do not eat enough whole grains for optimal health and development. Most parents would love for them to eat more, but kids often balk at the taste. They average eating less than …

    Can you leave the light on?
    Can you leave the light on?

    Dr. Greene's take on leaving the light on at night... Is it dangerous for kids to sleep with the light on? Lots of interesting news has been coming out of the 2004 Children with Leukemia conference in…

    Carrots, Oranges, Garlic, Oats, Walnuts and Asthma
    Carrots, Oranges, Garlic, Oats, Walnuts and Asthma

    Although childhood asthma has been increasing in recent years, children with higher blood levels of important antioxidant nutrients are less likely to develop asthma, according to a large study in the…

    Breakfast and Bad Teeth
    Breakfast and Bad Teeth

    Kids who skip breakfast have a more than 250 percent increased risk for developing tooth decay, according to a study of more than 4,000 children aged 2 through 5 years published in the January 2004 Jo…

    An Apple A Day?
    An Apple A Day?

    Autumn signals the return of the organic apple farmer to our local farmer's market. Each week he offers my family crisp slices of different varieties ? sometimes tart, sometimes sweet, sometimes perfe…

    Dieting Causes Kids to Gain Weight?
    Dieting Causes Kids to Gain Weight?

    The more often that children dieted, the more likely they were to become more overweight over the next three years, according to a study of 14,972 children in the October 2003 Pediatrics. Binge eating…