Health and Wellness
Tips To Help Your Child Set Limits On Candy This Halloween!
Looking for ways to keep your kids from eating their entire bag of candy after trick or treating on Halloween? Dr. Madhu Mathur, MD, MPH, the Pediatrician and Obesity Medicine Physician with Lifestyle Medicine Center gives tips for preparing your child before heading out and helping them set healthy limits (without a meltdown)!
Tricks & Treats for October 2022
October is a perfect time to shift into a healthier mode before the barrage of holidays, starting at the end of this month with trick or treating. Here are five seasonal AND healthy “tricks & treats” to embrace right now.
Meet Kaile Zagger, Westport Mom Making Groundbreaking Change in the Infant Health Space
Did you know that 9 out of 10 babies in the US are born without a critical strain of bacteria (EVC001) that improves immunity, cognition and metabolomic health? Today we are speaking with Kaile Zagger, Westport mom and CEO of Infinant Health, a company working to replenish this bacteria in newborns, setting them on a trajectory for improved lifelong health! After years spent working on groundbreaking late-stage breast cancer research, she is now focused on revolutionizing the infant health space, and has been hailed by her peers as a “Warrior for women and children.”
All Moms Could Use Some Additional Support from Time to Time!
Kelly Akehurst, Mental Health Counselor, a mom of two and a survivor of postpartum anxiety and depression shares her thoughts on why Moms could use some additional support from time to time!
RSV, Colds, Fever, COVID: This Year’s Back-to-School Guide for Parents!
To prepare for this Fall and Winter, we are sharing answers to our questions from the experts at Yale Medicine.
Creating a Positive Family Dynamic Surrounding Food!
We talked to Dr. Madhu Mathur, MD, MPH, the Pediatrician and Obesity Medicine Physician behind Lifestyle Medicine Center about family dynamics around food and how to get into a comfortable routine this school year!
Meet the Founder of Bleuet!
This mom of two wanted a better training bra for her daughter – so she created it!
Beach Reads: 10 Titles to Make Your Summer Sizzle!
Pick one of these up today at Athena or Diane’s Books!
How to Integrate Creativity Into Your Mom Life!
Greenwich Mom Rebecca Tipermas shares her tips and new venture that’s all about creativity.
Meet the Dad Behind Get Joy, Good Food For Dogs!
When Tom Arrix’s dog Cooper was diagnosed with lymphoma, he searched for ways to help him live a longer and better life. Now, Tom (a Darien-based Dad to four kids and two dogs) has a growing dog food and wellness business, Get Joy, that helps dogs everywhere live healthier and better lives.