Alexis C. Wood, Ph.D., chair of the writing group for the American Heart Association Scientific Statement: Caregiver Influences on Eating Behaviors in Young Children (May 2020) is assistant professor at UDSA Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Offering perspective on AHA Scientific Sessions 2020 Presentation P805 
copyright American Heart Association 2020

"The message is, eat healthy foods, and when I talk about healthy, people say to me, "What do you mean by healthy?" Again, science is pretty conscientious, 'cause it has reached a consensus, whole grains are healthy, fruits and vegetables healthy, low-fat dairy, these kind of things. And try to expend via exercise and obviously daily living, more calories than you take in."