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Christine Wood, M.D., C.L.E., is a practicing pediatrician and certified lactation educator with interests in healthy nutrition for children and the environmental and nutritional impact on health and disease. She is the author of How to Get Kids to Eat Great & Love It!. The book is filled with practical, easy-to-understand information for parents, backed up with science-based research to emphasize the nutritional links to disease.
A compelling voice on the subject of children's nutritional and environmental issues, Dr. Wood also maintains Call Your Pediatrician, launched in 1997. It is a website for parents designed to give information on common illnesses, like colds, ear infections, diarrhea, vomiting, fever and more. Power Up Kids to Health (formerly Kids Weigh to Go) is her program targeting families with overweight children.
Throughout the year, Dr. Wood lectures to physicians and other health professionals on the topic of nutritional medicine and gives seminars to parents on healthy lifestyle practices for children. She has lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Dr. Wood is a spokesperson for an international nutritional company, USANA, and serves as the current Chairperson on their Medical Advisory Board. She serves on the Coalition on Children and Weight in San Diego.
Newsweek has had her as a guest writer for a special edition released in October 2000, called “Your Child.” Her interviews and articles have been published in magazines including: Redbook, Parents, Parenting, Fit Pregnancy, Family Life, Exceptional Parent and Great Life. Dr. Wood is also a frequent guest on radio shows and also a noted expert on satellite media tours.
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