Dr Gary 'Koala" Leong, paediatric endocrinologist and child and family health advocate interviews his friend and fellow Smiling for Smiddy Charity cyclist, Mr Jeff McKeon, who talks with Dr Gary about his challenging childhood upbringing and how he was able to take a different health life journey to his Mother and Father with his new career as a Life Coach and Mentor.

Through the help of his loving partner, Jeff equipped himself with the leadership skills and insights into changing his life trajectory for better health and purpose.

In 2020 he gave up a successful corporate career to pursue his love of communication, coaching and leadership as a speaker and motivator with Maxwell-McKeon Enterprises. With an improved understanding of neuroscience of behaviour, he is helping other families to live more fulfilling and intentional lives.

Jeff's career change was based on the principles of the Japanese Ikigai method: What you love- What the world needs- What you're good at - What you can be paid for. His interview with Dr Gary Koala Leong gives some amazing insights into parenting and how to overcome those unhealthy starts to life.

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In this episode, Ros gives useful tips for shopping without overspending and buying unhealthy food from her own lived experience.

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!

In this episode, Louise poses a question to parents: whether your meals are food or 'fill'? That is, is your child actually being nourished when they eat, or are they just consuming low-nutrient, so-called food, which can harm their health and developmental journey?

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!

In this episode, Dr Gary talks about Diabetes Mellitus, a common metabolic disorder affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In his conversation with Ros and Lou, Dr Gary talks about how, in children and adults alike, you can prevent type 2 diabetes from occurring in your family, through a healthy lifestyle, regular daily physical activity, restful adequate sleep, and social and community connection.

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!

In this episode, Ros talks about emotional eating from being an obese child herself and an emotional eater.

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!

In this episode, Louise unveils the addictive nature to sweet treats, and how they can adversely affect your child's development, mood and learning capacity.

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!

In this episode, Dr Gary discusses the challenges that families with obesity and chronic disease struggle with and how these struggles are passed from generation to generation. Dr Gary with Louise and Ros provide tips to empower such parents and their families to "Know their Why" to start making small healthy habit changes that can redirect their journey to poor health to one for a better healthier family future.

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!

In this episode, Ros addresses the common challenges that all parents face today: setting healthy boundaries for their children and sticking to them, without guilt or shame. Achieve a more peaceful home and improve family relationships.

The Healthy Happy Children Podcast brings together three expert health professionals who are passionate about providing practical health tips and advice for parents and their children to help create thriving and healthier family lives. We are delighted to introduce the Healthy Happy Children Podcast team to our listeners: Dr. Gary Leong a paediatrician and endocrinologist (https://childhoodobesityprevention.com.au), Roslyn Saunders, an empowerment coach (https://www.roslynsaunders.com.au/), and Louise Elliott, a child health nutritionist, and health entertainer, https://commonhealthkids.com.au/).

Together, Dr. Gary, Ros, and Lou through their weekly fun podcast conversations will help parents and families find solutions to many common child and adolescent and parental health problems and struggles. These will include topics that touch many families all over the modern world, including mental and physical health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, and conditions related to poor family lifestyle (unhealthy nutrition/diet and lack of regular physical activity, sedentariness, and screen addiction), and many other family health topics which all contribute to you and your child having poorer health and well-being.

Dr Gary, Ros, and Lou welcome your feedback and questions and invite you to contact them for questions and suggestions about future topics you wish to be raised. Please email any comments and questions to HealthyHappyChildren@outlook.com. Meanwhile, stay Healthy and Happy, and don't forget, Smile as every day is yours to enjoy with your children!