Introduction
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, recently shared five important pieces of advice for parents when it comes to their children’s nutrition. Eating healthy is essential for children’s growth and development, and Dr. Fauci’s advice can help parents make sure their kids are getting the nutrition they need. In this article, we’ll discuss the five things Dr. Fauci said every parent should hear about their children’s nutrition.
Dr. Fauci Just Said 5 Things Every Parent Should Hear — Eat This Not That
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, recently shared five important pieces of advice for parents. He stressed the importance of eating healthy foods, getting enough sleep, and staying active. He also warned against the dangers of vaping and the potential for addiction. Here’s what Dr. Fauci said:
1. Eat Healthy Foods
Dr. Fauci emphasized the importance of eating healthy foods. He said that parents should focus on eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. He also suggested limiting processed foods and sugary drinks.
2. Get Enough Sleep
Dr. Fauci also stressed the importance of getting enough sleep. He said that children should get at least 8-10 hours of sleep each night. He also suggested that parents create a bedtime routine that includes winding down and avoiding screens before bed.
3. Stay Active
Dr. Fauci also encouraged parents to make sure their children stay active. He said that children should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day. He suggested activities like walking, biking, and playing sports.
4. Avoid Vaping
Dr. Fauci warned against the dangers of vaping. He said that vaping can lead to nicotine addiction and other health risks. He urged parents to talk to their children about the dangers of vaping and to make sure they don’t start.
5. Talk to Your Kids
Finally, Dr. Fauci said that it’s important for parents to talk to their children. He said that parents should be open and honest with their children and listen to their concerns. He also suggested that parents set a good example by following the advice they give their children.
Dr. Fauci’s advice is important for all parents to hear. Eating healthy foods, getting enough sleep, staying active, avoiding vaping, and talking to your kids are all important steps to take to ensure your children’s health and wellbeing.
There’s a very good chance that COVID vaccines for kids aged 5 to 11 will be available late next week, as the CDC is scheduled to review its viability. With some polls showing hesitancy among certain parents, and the “more transmissible” Delta variant stalking kids, the urgency is rising. Here to address your concerns is Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the President and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who appeared on CNN with Don Lemon and spoke with Axios about vaccines for kids aged 5 to 11. Read on for five points that could save your child’s life—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.
“I sure as hell wouldn’t want them to get COVID-19. I would vaccinate them in a second,” Fauci said of his three adult daughters, to Axios. “Even though the chances of [a child] getting sick and seriously ill are small — why do you want to take a chance of that with your child, when you can essentially protect the child by an intervention that is proven to be both highly effective and very safe?” he asked.
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What would Dr. Fauci say to parents who have fears of vaccinating their children? “The answer to that is it would be a good idea to vaccinate the children,” said Dr. Fauci on CNN. “When people start seeing that the vaccinations are being distributed and they’re being administered and things are going well, people gain more confidence. So I think that number of the people that would be willing, if not enthusiastic about getting their children vaccinated is going to increase. I do feel it’s important to vaccinate children. No doubt from a statistical standpoint, when children get infected, there’s very much more likely that they would not have a severe outcome compared to elderly person like myself or someone who has an underlying condition. But that doesn’t mean that the kids are exempt from some serious illness, because all you need to do is go to the pediatric hospitals around the country. And you see particularly with the Delta variant, which has a much greater chance of transmitting, that more kids are getting infected. And as more kids get infected, some of them may be a small proportion are going to have a serious outcome. Also, you want to make sure that we don’t have a situation where the children inadvertently and innocently when they get infected, many of them without any symptoms or spreading it within the family unit, which is something that recent studies indicate that that might be the case. So there’s a really good reason to have the children vaccinated. And that’s the reason why we hope that we’ll be able to answer the reasonable questions that parents would have no doubt about that they have good questions and hopefully in the outreach, we’ll be able to adequately answer the questions of the parents.”
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Can kids and teachers stop wearing masks after vaccinations? “The answer is not right now,” said Dr. Fauci on CNN. “And when you say maskless, I think we have to qualify what you mean. If you’re talking about in an indoor space, in which you’re not sure everyone is vaccinated or what their status is, the CDC recommendations still says that in the school setting and in indoor congregate places to wear a mask, even when you’re vaccinated. And the reason is that the dynamics of infection right now, we still are averaging about 70,000 infections a day. That’s a viral dynamic. That’s too high to say, okay, we’re good to go. We don’t need to do any more mitigation. There absolutely will be a time. And I hope that soon when we could put the masks behind us, but I don’t believe now, particularly when you’re in an indoor setting, that we’re ready for that.”
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Dr. Fauci said even if your kid has had COVID, get them vaccinated. “One of the things that’s so clear that if you are infected and you recover and then you get vaccinated, the level of your immunity against re-infection is really profound. It goes way, way up making you really very, very well protected against a return infection, even with a different variant, because we know when you have a high level of these neutralizing antibodies, it spills over and covers essentially many of the variants that we know are circulating right now, Delta, obviously the critical one, it occupies about 99% of the isolates in this country,” said Fauci on CNN.
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“These five to 11 year olds would get a smaller dose than kids who are 12 and older, even though they are close in age and” could have “much bigger body sizes. What do you say to parents? Because you know, they’re concerned about this?” said Lemon. “You’re going to have to make a cutoff some point,” said Fauci. “And the empiric cutoff was made at that age from five to 11, as you know, from 12 and older, the dose was the standard dose. They cut the dose down now to about a third of what it is. It was 30 micrograms. It’s now 10 micrograms. So I think that’s a reasonable thing to do. If you were going to have to start measuring it, like by body weight and things like that, it would really become too confusing. I don’t really have any concern as a physician and as an immunologist, knowing the kinds of things when you stimulate the immune system, I think would be okay. I think that was approved.” So get vaccinated, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these 35 Places You’re Most Likely to Catch COVID.