Raising Body-Confident Kids: A Balanced Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Body Shame and Diet Culture

Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a practicing, board-certified pediatrician, author, speaker, podcaster, and full-time working mom, as well as the CEO and founder of Modern Mommy Doc and The Modern Mamas Club App. She is a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), for whom she has authored two books, The New Baby Blueprint: Caring for You and Your Little One and The Working Mom Blueprint: Winning at Parenting Without Losing Yourself. Dr. Whitney is a regular speaker at executive-level conferences for multibillion-dollar corporations such as Nike and Adidas, and a medical consultant for large-scale organizations, including Good Housekeeping magazine, Gerber, and L'Oréal (CeraVe). Her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Thrive Global, TODAY Parenting, and Psychology Today. Dr. Whitney practices pediatrics in Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband raise their two young daughters. You can find her at modernmommydoc.com and on Instagram @modernmommydoc.