Videos
Physical Health
Why America Is So Unhealthy (& How To Fix It) | Documentary
An original documentary about the current American Health Crisis, written and directed by Dr. Jonathan Chu, a board-certified specialist in both Interventional Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and the founder of 360 Pain Academy.
The Kids Menu (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY – Diet, Kids, Health & Wellness
THE KIDS MENU is a new documentary from the team that brought you 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead.' As filmmaker Joe Cross spent time traveling the world with his previous two films, he met thousands of people and one issue that came up again and again was what to do about the growing childhood obesity problem.
In THE KIDS MENU, Joe meets with experts, parents, teachers and kids, coming to the realization that childhood obesity isn’t the real issue, but rather a symptom of a bigger problem. The lack of knowledge of healthy foods. Lack of access to healthy and affordable options, and the influence of negative role models, whether a parent, teacher or even a celebrity. All of this seems to be a lot to overcome, but when empowered, kids often make the surprising choice of the healthier path. In this inspiring and hopeful documentary, we see amazing programs, inspiring individuals paving the way for change, but most of all - Kids, taking the lead in getting healthier options on their own menu.
Children: Fixing the Problems with Ultra-Processed Foods | Dr. Tim Harlan & Dr. Robert Lustig
Ultra-processed foods harm people’s health and have ramifications for the overall health of the planet. While some food processing is necessary for recipes and feeding the globe, the food industry needs to make changes to ensure that processing doesn’t turn foods into harmful substances. Dr. Tim Harlan and Dr. Rob Lustig discuss the harmful ingredients in ultra-processed foods and how they impact metabolic health—as well as why the food industry has a moral obligation to make drastic changes.
Insulin Resistance & the Hidden Effects of SUGAR on Kids with Dr. Robert Lustig
Content Creator, Austin McGuffie, AKA Metabolism Mentor, sat down with Levels advisor and author of Metabolical, Dr. Robert Lustig, to chat about Rob's insight on kids' sugar intake and how it affects their metabolic health.
Harvard Nutritionist: Best Brain Foods For Kids
Harvard brain expert and nutritional psychiatrist, Dr. Uma Naidoo, breaks down some of the best foods to feed kids' developing brains.
What Causes (and Fixes) Leaky Gut | Dr. Daniel Amen
Struggling with mood swings, anxiety, depression, lack of focus, or memory problems? The reason may not be related to your psyche. The root cause just might lie in your gut. What does your gut have to do with your mental health? A lot! Emotional and psychological pain—nervousness, sadness, stress, and grief—are often expressed with gut distress. Here’s how it happens.
Did you know that your gastrointestinal tract is lined with about 100 million neurons? That’s more neurons than you have in your spinal cord or in your peripheral nervous system, which is why the gut is often referred to as the “second brain.” This nerve tissue is in direct communication with the brain inside your skull, which explains why you get butterflies before a big job interview or feel queasy when you’re upset.
Emotional Health
How social media influences the mental & behavioral health of children age 13 to 17
While social media can sometimes be a very positive influence, it can also be addictive and lead to bad decisions. Kids in Wisconsin are experiencing a mental & behavioral health crisis, and many families are unsure how to address it with their children. That’s why Children’s Wisconsin is committed to helping parents get the answers they need.
How to Raise Confident, Kind, and Responsible Kids | Dr. Daniel Amen & Jim Kwik
What role does mental strength play in your child’s success? There’s no doubt that kids need their parent’s love and support to become happy, healthy adults. But that same love and support can have a dark side if it results in you doing too much for them. Even though it can be hard to watch your kids struggle or face consequences for their decisions, allowing them to make mistakes just might be the most important thing you can do to help them succeed.
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Amen is going to talk about how to nurture mental strength in your children. Dr. Amen is a physician, child and adult psychiatrist, and founder of BrainMD and Amen Clinics, where he’s completed over 200,00 SPECT brain scans from all over the world. Dr. Amen is also the New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books, including his latest, Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults.
Raising mentally strong kids in today’s world is a challenge. Between alarming trends in mental health and the hidden dangers of our technological world, parents face an uphill battle like never before. That’s why Dr. Amen is on a mission to equip you with the tools to raise resilient, competent, and thriving young minds. Listen in as Dr. Amen shares three things that will ensure you always make good parenting decisions so you can raise mentally strong children.
Mental Health
Dr. Daniel Amen’s Tips for Parents Who Have Run Out of Options for Help
As a parent, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information, helpful or not, when it comes to better parenting. As a result, parents are often experimenting with multiple techniques, one after another. However, every kid is different, and parenting philosophies are anything but one-size-fits-all. In this clip, taken from Dr. Daniel Amen's television special "Raising Mentally Strong Kids", Dr. Amen gives practical advice for what to do when it seems like you've exhausted your options without getting results.
Intellectual Health
How your brain’s executive function works — and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel
You use your brain's executive function every day -- it's how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel explores the factors that affect executive function -- and how you can use it to break bad habits and achieve your goals.
Social Health
How the Food Industry Targets Children
Our children are being bombarded by powerful marketing messages from the food industry promoting unhealthy processed food-like substances. In fact, the food industry spends billions of dollars on marketing junk food to our kids every year. The average child in the United States sees over 6,000 ads for junk food and soda on TV and even more through social media. And poor and minority children are targeted more aggressively.
In this mini-episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. Hyman speaks with researcher and family physician in the Bronx, Dr. Sean Lucan, and investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael Moss, about Big Food’s addictive mission to hook the most vulnerable consumers - our children - and keep them coming back for more.
How social media influences the mental & behavioral health of children age 13 to 17
While social media can sometimes be a very positive influence, it can also be addictive and lead to bad decisions. Kids in Wisconsin are experiencing a mental & behavioral health crisis, and many families are unsure how to address it with their children. That’s why Children’s Wisconsin is committed to helping parents get the answers they need.