My Health Beijing

Have many of my readers tried the new pollution masks for your kids? I’d love to hear your stories! The big news over the last couple months was the new …

How much screen time is too much for a child? I’m not worried so much about movie time as I am about the total amount of hours kids spend on …

We parents worry about our children getting enough exercise — but what about ourselves? Are we all leading by example and also getting enough exercise? Surveys show that most adults …

What’s the best milk source for your baby after 12 months? Breast milk is still the preferred choices, and whole milk the next option — but many people in China …

What’s the best treatment if you or your child have a stomach infection and get  slightly dehydrated from a couple days of diarrhea and poor eating? I see a lot …

We humans have survived tens of thousands of years without toddler formula as well as cow’s milk, so I think we should have a healthy skepticism of the entire toddler …

Did you know only 10% of teen girls in the USA get enough calcium? That’s an astonishingly depressing stat from the American Academy of Pediatric’s fascinating position paper on calcium …

Which have you used for your toddlers here in China: milk or formula? During my research for my New York Times article I asked this question to the invaluable group …

After six and a half years here in Beijing, I can comfortably say that I have joined the ranks of the long term expats. What’s our secret?

Every toddler at some stage becomes a picky eater. When I was that age, my twin brother preferred to stash his unwanted food behind the refrigerator, and my mother would …

I recently experienced a wonderful thing — my first Father’s Day as a father. It was a glorious test of real fatherhood, from a 4 am feeding to a doctor’s …

My adorable son is now four months old, still a tiny bundle of joy. I look forward to us venturing outside for summer fun, but what if the pollution is bad that …