Mar 13 2024 25 mins
Anne Baum sits down with Tibisay Villalobos, MD, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, and Dominique Bailey, MD, a pediatrician with LVPG Pediatrics–Easton, to discuss what you can do to help keep your kid healthy.
Chapters
- 1:17 - Why kids get sick so often
- 2:12 - How to build your child's immune system
- 3:13 - What things weaken a child's immune system?
- 5:06 - Immunity-building versus a child that's always sick
- 7:28 - Are autoimmune diseases something a kid can develop or are they born with it?
- 8:49 - What actually are autoimmune diseases?
- 9:46 - Signs to watch for with autoimmune diseases
- 11:11 - Autoimmune diseases most prevalent for children
- 12:03 - Importance of your child having a varied diet
- 13:17 - How do you introduce new foods to your child?
- 14:30 - At what point is a "picky eater" a problem?
- 16:08 - What does a good deal look like on a plate?
- 17:14 - Guidelines for vitamins, prebiotics and probiotics
- 18:28 - Importance of playing outside
- 21:05 - Can your house be too sanitary?
- 22:54 - Boosting your child's immune system with vaccines