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Quick check: name some benefits you get from moving your body  comment below.  learn more at www.WendySchoferMD.com While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your physician. The Family in Focus® programs and products of Coach Wendy, MD LLC…

Your focus, your power. Learn more about creating lifelong relationships with food, body, self and family that the whole family can share at every age, every size. This is real help without harm. Www.WendySchoferMD.com #familyinfocus #eatingdisorderprevention #pediatrician #focus #trusted While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not…

Confessions about love, patterns and lifelong relationships with food, body, self and family. Join Dr. Wendy Schofer, MD. Like, follow, subscribe and share with friends who want to learn more about help without her every size every age. learn more at www.WendySchoferMD.com While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness,…

It's not all about the kids! How a pediatrician changed her approach and now helps entire families create lifelong relationships with food , body, self, and family. This is eating disorder prevention. This is help without harm. This is Family in Focus. Learn more: www.WendySchoferMD.com #Familyinfocus #emotionsmatter #parenting #pediatrician #pediatricianapproved…

Defining healthy to prevent disordered eating. We are changing the whole approach we grew up with. For us. For our kids. I'm a pediatrician specializing in eating disorder prevention and helping parents create lifelong relationships with food, body, self and family that the whole family can share at every age,…

www.WendySchoferMD.com #familyinfocus #eatingdisorderprevention #themoreyouknow 💫 #pediatrician #helpwithoutharm While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your physician. The Family in Focus® programs and products of Coach Wendy, MD LLC are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, they…

My secret is out. Hear why it is such a guiding light for me. Join the open conversation with parents creating change without harm this weekend. Register: www.wendyschofermd.com/freeclass While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your physician. The Family in…

Don't miss our upcoming open conversation about eating disorder prevention and creating lifelong relationships with food, body, self and family that the whole family can share at every age, every size. Link to register: www.wendyschofermd.com/freeclass #familyinfocus #eatingdisorderprevention #freeclass #carchat #designthinking While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is…

Bring your questions. Bring yourself. Adults-only conversations about creating healthy relationships with food, body and family. With a pediatrician specializing in eating disorder prevention. Register today: www.wendyschofermd.com/freeclass While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your physician. The Family in Focus®…

Join the conversation. www.WendySchoferMD.com/freeclass Eating disorder prevention Healthy lifelong relationships with food, body and family Family in Focus® Help without harm with a pediatrician #familyinfocus #fyp #eatingdisorderprevention #weight #chittychat

Eating disorder prevention does not start with food, weight, or even exercise. It starts with us, adult adults. Check those biases and stigmas, all the messages that you grew up with in this fat phobic, body – hating culture. What we thought is health centered is actually riddled with stigma,…

Worried about your children's weight and nutrition? Dr. Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses the how focusing on weight can backfire when trying to help children develop healthy relationships with their bodies. Learn how to create healthy eating habits. Get some helpful parenting tips for feeding kids and building a positive family…

Is your child's BMI over the 99th percentile? How do you help? Take a listen. www.WendySchoferMD.com While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your physician. The Family in Focus® programs and products of Coach Wendy, MD LLC are not intended…

"You should be taller." Been waiting for that dial to be turned my whole life. Still waiting. Yet somehow we think that weight can just be changed - restriction; meds, diets, wishful willful thinking?! We can't dial in our kids' height or heart rate - why do we think it's…

And they totally work for us too! Sleep Nutrition Boredom Kids Focus Attention Eating habits Weight if you're focusing on them all individually, you're setting yourself up to struggle. raising healthy families is like building a skyscraper. It is messy, and you need a solid foundation. Go back to the…

Friend, sleep comes first. Say it with me, "Sleep. comes. first." Again! Louder. we cannot work harder on changing our nutrition and our movement while overlooking the fact that we are stressed, cortisol is sky high, and we do not have the rest that we need to function. Learn more:…

Are we teaching our kids that health comes in a shot? Dr. Wendy Schofer, MD — a pediatrician specializing in eating-disorder prevention and healthy relationships with food, body, and family — shines a light on the alarming rise of cosmetic GLP-1 use and why our “quick-fix culture” is setting the…

BOREDOM. Kids know it and complain about it nonstop. Boredom is the end of the world for children, at least according to them. Here's the Harvard Business Review article by Dr. Arthur C. Brooks discussed in the video: https://hbr.org/2025/08/you-need-to-be-bored-heres-why Hear why this is actually not the case. How boredom is…

When kids hide or sneak around, most parents react with more control—and it backfires. In this short video, Dr. Wendy Schofer, pediatrician and emotional health expert, explains why secrecy isn’t the enemy and how being your child’s ally builds trust, honesty, and healthy relationships with food, body, and family. Transcript:…

We're taking Family in Focus® back!!!! Inclusive of weight, of life experience, of origin, of religion, of perspectives, of identity. Simply check the hatred (of bodies, of differences and of ideologies) at the door. Welcoming open discussion. No debate. Simply curiosity. Imagine that. #familyinfocus #inclusiveeducation #socialemotionalskills #rebel #pediatrician

How do you help your child without harm when doctors, family members, neighbors and educators are telling you that your child has to lose weight? Here are the first three steps, which are critical for parents to do before you make any changes in your home. Needed conversations about growth…

Raising our kids to have healthy relationships is not about control controlling, restriction, or letting them do whatever they damn well please.  It's not about avoiding larger bodies, or even about avoiding eating disorders. It's about letting them develop their own relationships through trial, error, messing up, practice, and…

Want to prevent eating disorders? Don’t start with food. Start with relationships. It’s World Mental Health Day — and this matters. We’ve been told eating disorders are about food or weight. But really, they’re about disconnection — from ourselves, from our bodies, and from each other. So prevention isn’t about…