Pediatrician Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson and adolescent expert Dr. Cora Breuner discuss the difficult topic of talking with your teen about healthy weight. Dr. Breuner shares her personal expertise on healthy weight for teens, how to approach conversations, and common confusions and excuses for overeating.

Avoiding Shame and Talking About Weight with Your Teen

Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson is a mom, pediatrician, blogger, Chief of Digital Innovation for Seattle Children’s Hospital, & news reporter for NBC KING5 in Seattle. She has over 38,000 followers on Twitter, & her feed, Seattle Mama Doc, was named one of Time's "Best Twitter Feeds of 2013". While a practitioner of pediatric healthcare in the traditional sense, she approaches all of her work from a far more holistic wellness perspective, as evident in the content of her blog as well as her award-winning book, Mama Doc Medicine. Dr. Swanson founded Digital Health at Seattle Children’s in 2013, leading a team in innovation by testing and creating new digital tools to leverage peer-to-peer education & the wisdom of patients, families & providers.

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Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson is a mom, pediatrician, blogger, Chief of Digital Innovation for Seattle Children’s Hospital, &amp; news reporter for NBC KING5 in Seattle. She has over 38,000 followers on Twitter, &amp; her feed, Seattle Mama Doc, was named one of Time's "Best Twitter Feeds of 2013". While a practitioner of pediatric healthcare in the traditional sense, she approaches all of her work from a far more holistic wellness perspective, as evident in the content of her blog as well as her award-winning book, Mama Doc Medicine. Dr. Swanson founded Digital Health at Seattle Children’s in 2013, leading a team in innovation by testing and creating new digital tools to leverage peer-to-peer education &amp; the wisdom of patients, families &amp; providers.

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