Heads up: Great upcoming "WebMD University" on healthy nutrition for kids.

I think you all know how important this area is for promoting kid's health (eg, see my latest blog on "Dr. P's 8 steps for a healthier family").

Next week we begin the last WebMD University: "Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids." It's open to all of you and I encourage you to participate.

Have a look:

• Read about it and sign up at http://www.webmd.com/content/pages/18/101907.htm
• The live events schedule is at http://www.webmd.com/content/chat_schedules/5/116450.htm.
• The course leader is Rallie McAllister, MD, MPH, author of The Healthy Lunchbox: The Working Mom's Guide to Keeping You and Your Kids Trim.
• We have some great guests, including Reginald Washington, MD, professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado and co-chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  task force on obesity and psychologist Sylvia Rimm, PhD, author of Rescuing The Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through - And How We Can Help, as well as WebMD's own Elaine Magee.

This will provide a lot more detail and helpful tips than I can ever cover in this blog. Plus, the teachers are fabulous! I'm signing up myself to see what new tips and advice I should be offerering! When it's over, let's blog about what we liked best and what we've learned to help our families.

- Dr. P

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