How to Boost Your Kids Immune Health

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