Helping Kids Make Sense of Food
By Dr. Richard Visser

If you’re like most parents today, you grew up in classrooms with the old food pyramid tacked on the wall. No doubt your nutrition education centered around a once-a-year discussion of that picture. It looked kind of like the Egyptian pyramids–three-dimensional and built of [...]

Large numbers of health organizations, groups of experts, and nutritionists are looking with increasing concern at the spread of obesity and obesity-related noncommunicable chronic health problems throughout the Caribbean Basin and Central and South America…..

Many children come to my clinic in Aruba suffering from chronic conditions, including upper respiratory tract infections, ear infections, diarrhea, asthma, ADD, ADHD, reduced immune defense, obesity, and skin disorders such as eczema…..

How School Keeps Kids Overweight:
By Dr. Richard Visser

Imagine you’re an overweight or obese child going to gym for physical education (PE).

You’re a kid, so you have an overwhelming desire to belong—to “fit in” with everyone else. But you have to change your clothes in front of the other kids, who make fun [...]

How Single Parents Can Keep Their Kids Healthy
By Dr. Richard Visser

Worrying about your child’s health is a never-ending job—but tackling it as a single parent can seem impossible. How can you address childhood obesity with your limited time and resources? I’ve got some great tips to make the job of single parents easier and [...]

The steady rise of obesity rates in America’s children should be a wake-up call for everyone; especially parents. Yet, it seems that those who should take the strongest course of action consistently ignore this growing epidemic. In a time where external factors…..

Dr. Richard Visser meets with Anderson Cooper and they discuss his future plans for Aruba’s health care system and his vision to improve the quality of life for citizens in Aruba.

Press Release:

Local Doctor Suspected of being International Child Superhero
(May 1, 2008) Fighting the ever growing concern for super-villains of Carb-Load and Sugar Hips, Dr. Richard Visser was recognized by Councilwoman Jan Perry and the Los Angeles City Council for all of his work in the field of Childhood Obesity. On Friday April 25th, [...]