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The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Children are heavily dependent on providers for nutrition. If anyone in the family is struck with illness or financial issues, it impacts the child's physical and mental health." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#FamilyHealth #ChildWelfare

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 7

"We need things that work around busy lifestyles of families - something accessible to all, not just families who can afford the time or money to focus on diet and exercise." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#HealthEquity #AccessibleCare

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 6

"The UK ranks 30th out of 49 OECD countries for infant mortality, behind most of Europe except Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. We've fallen from being world leaders." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#InfantMortality #HealthDecline

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Mental health needs boomed post-COVID, especially among adolescents. Pediatricians aren't classically trained for mental health treatment, but we're addressing that gap." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#COVID19Impact

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 5

"A doctor can't prescribe food. If families can't afford healthy meals, don't have time to meal plan, they won't be able to provide good nutrition." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#FoodSecurity

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Rising homelessness, single-parent families, dual-income families with rising cost of living - it's much harder to tend to children's basic needs like healthy food." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#SocialDeterminants #ChildPoverty

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Children eat at least five meals at school. That's an opportunity to optimise their diet around friends and take that home rather than asking for chocolates." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#SchoolMeals

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Nordic countries have longer parental leaves, later school start ages, and each child gets basic supplies when born. If you invest in first five years, you get a healthier population." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#NordicModel

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 4

"We're seeing increasing survivors of illnesses that would have been fatal - premature babies, genetic syndromes. They're becoming teenagers needing transition care." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#MedicalAdvances

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The UK removed children from coal mines over a century ago, brought in hygiene, clean water, vaccinations, and free NHS access. That made us world leaders in child health." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#HealthHistory #PublicHealth

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Technology is a double-edged sword. Someone in a deprived area can access the same information as someone with massive wealth, but there are also dangerous social media trends." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz #HealthEquity

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The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The differences between grandparents, parents and children are massive. We haven't built our healthcare systems to address these problems." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#GenerationalChange

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Most pediatricians work with under-fives, so we're not used to asking patients about sex, sexual preferences, or drug use. We need training for adolescent care." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#AdolescentHealth #MedicalTraining

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 3

"It's not as simple as throwing a medication at it anymore. It's not as simple as throwing money at it either. These families are in complex contextual situations with multiple needs." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#HolisticCare

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 3

"You can start to predict patients who will need intervention later. Toddlers with constipation, then dental caries at 4-5, attention issues at 5-6, then unhealthy relationships with food." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 3

"What you're getting now is people coming in with dietary, exercise, mental health related conditions that the NHS doesn't have the right infrastructure to deal with." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#LifestyleMedicine #HealthcareSystem

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 2

"We almost lost an entire generation of breastfeeding mothers when formula companies had growing popularity. Now we're trying to retrain people to do something quite natural." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#Breastfeeding #InfantHealth

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Some parents were killed by COVID. You have an increase of single parents struggling to balance looking after their own parents and children in an already strained situation." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#COVID19Impact

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 2

"We've got fewer clinicians serving an increasing population that's getting sicker. People are burnt out, not feeling paid enough, so they're going to different industries or countries." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#NHSCrisis

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 2

"A doctor can't just provide a pill for this. We need to look at family nutrition, but if they don't have skills or time to meal plan and cook, they won't be able to do it." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#LifestyleMedicine

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The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 1

"23% of child deaths are potentially avoidable if we can eliminate social deprivation. That translates to 700 additional deaths per year that could be avoided." - Prof. K LeLueite
Episode: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#ChildMortality #SocialDeprivation

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 1

"The earliest significant overdose I've seen has been probably 10, 11 years old. It's really sad and really young to even be thinking about ending your own life." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#MentalHealth #ChildSafety

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Sep 1

"When I was training, you would never see someone with type 2 diabetes during their pediatric lifespan. Now you are getting patients with type 2 diabetes before age 18." - Dr. Kagalwalla
Listen: https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/episode/-OYf49y2BEf1TJ8R4Caz
#ChildHealth #Type2Diabetes

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The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Aug 27

#EnviroHealth #ChildHealth #PaediatricCare #HealthEquity #MentalHealth #LifestyleMedicine

The Envirohealth Podcast @envirohealthpod.bsky.social · Aug 27

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