Optimizing Your Child’s Education Through Getting to Know Your Kid: Diet- Interview with Wendy Schofer, MD

Several years ago, I had a student, “Jake” with ADHD and anger/aggression problems.

We tried various things to help him and all did some good, but the thing I most wanted to change for him, I had zero control over.

Jake would come to school every day with snacks that contained at or near zero nutrition. But plenty of sugar and calories. One day it was an entire sleeve of Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. Another day it was a massive bag of “Takis”. Other days he would actually only have money to buy a snack from the cafeteria, but he would spend $5 on $0.25 cookies. Yes, they actually let him buy 20 cookies! And he ate them all at snack time.

In case you were wondering, he was not even slightly overweight. He played hard as soon as he was done with his snack and seemed to have a naturally thin body type. However, I always wondered if some of his behavioral challenges would be alleviated if he had a healthier diet.

In this week’s podcast episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Wendy Schofer- a pediatrician who specializes in coaching families on improving the diets of their families. She’ll share something that surprised me a bit, and yet is completely in line with this entire series.

I would love to hear what diet changes you are considering or what is already working for your family!

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