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Episode 26 — New Year's Resolutions for Kids: Setting Healthy & Achievable Goals

David Hill, MD, FAAP, co-host of the Pediatrics On Call podcast, joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about New Year's resolutions. How can you guide your kids toward setting goals that are achievable while also improving their health and well-being? And what are some ways to approach healthy habits you can tackle as a family? Whether the goal is getting more sleep, exercise, trying more healthy foods or something else, hear tips to help kids commit and succeed.

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David Hill, MD, FAAP

Dr. David Hill is a hospitalist pediatrician practicing in Goldsboro and Wilmington, NC, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine. He co-hosts the AAP podcast, Pediatrics On Call, and is an author and editor, most recently of the AAP's top-selling childcare book, Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to age 5, 8th Edition. He serves as a medical communications expert and is a former chair of the AAP Council on Communications and Media, where he helped craft the Academy's updated 2016 media use guidelines. Dr. Hill lectures nationally and internationally on media and child health, the use of media for healthcare advocacy, and effective patient communication, drawing from his own extensive experience with media as well as from evidence-based best practices. He lives in Wilmington, NC, with his wife, Christy, a pediatric physician assistant, with whom he has raised a blended family of five adult children.

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Music credits:

Theme music composed by Doug Nagel.

The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Last Updated
1/9/2025
The information contained on this Web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.
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