Healthy eating starts early, and prepares a child for lifetime health

Madelyn Parmentier, a children’s dietitian at Dartmouth Health, tackles a menu of food- and feeding-related issues in newborns through 20-year-olds. Her goal? Establish a healthy relationship with food early on, catch food phobias and nutritional deficiencies before they become entrenched, and plant the seed of good habits and choices that promote health and longevity. The Union Leader spoke …