Anne Nederveld
June 19, 2018
by Anne Nederveld My oldest child is starting high school in the fall, and so naturally I am beginning to think about things that she’ll face in this new environment. I‘ve recently heard a lot about vaping at area high schools, and specifically about “Juuling.” As a health care provider, […]
January 24, 2018
by Anne Nederveld After a holiday season filled with get-togethers and travel, I felt like I needed a reset. I have been toying with the idea of a “dry January” for some time and decided to give it a try. I’m not a big drinker, but during the holiday season […]
December 5, 2017
by Anne Nederveld It seems like my “new to middle school” son has been the prompt for several blogs! Maybe I wasn’t paying close attention when my daughter made this transition – somehow it seems like things are happening differently for my son. In any case, the issue at our […]
August 23, 2017
My family was recently introduced to French Macarons. I had seen them before in quaint pastry shops, but hadn’t tried them – they didn’t really look like food to me but rather like Christmas tree ornaments! Once we tried them and learned that they are made with almond flour, so […]
June 14, 2017
Social isolation, defined as “a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society,“ has been shown to be related to several serious health issues. In fact, social isolation is related to early death at a similar level as smoking or obesity. Click here for a […]
December 14, 2016
by Anne Nederveld I’m sitting down to write this after a not-so-restful night because I kept making mental lists about everything I need to do before the end of this week, including writing this blog. Some of those things are work-related, but many are things I need to do to […]
August 25, 2016
by Anne Nederveld We all know that obesity is a major problem in our country, and most people understand that this leads to chronic health problems. None of us want this for our kids, but it is sometimes very hard to know how to encourage our kids to adopt healthy […]