The Clinician''s Guide to Pediatric Nutrition

About Mary TanakaNatalie D. Muth

Natalie D. Muth MD MPH RDN FACSM FAAP is a primary care pediatrician and registered dietitian at Children's Primary Care Medical Group (CPCMG) in Carlsbad CA where she is also the founder and director of the CPCMG W.E.L.L. healthy living and nutrition clinic. She also is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health where she teaches an undergraduate nutrition course and she is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. Dr Muth has published over 100 articles book chapters and books including Family Fit Plan: A 30-Day Wellness Transformation (American Academy of Pediatrics 2019) The Picky Eater Project: 6 Weeks to Healthier Happier Family Mealtimes (American Academy of Pediatrics 2016) the textbook Sports Nutrition for Allied Health Professionals (F.A. Davis 2019) Coaching Behavior Change (American Council on Exercise 2014) the ACE Fitness Nutrition Manual (American Council on Exercise 2013) and Eat Your Vegetables! and Other Mistakes Parents Make: Redefining How to Raise Healthy Eaters (Healthy Learning 2012). She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and physiological science from UCLA and a Master of Public Health and Medical Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.Mary Saph Tanaka MD MS FAAP is a pediatrician at Childrens Primary Medical Group (CPCMG) in Carlsbad California.  After graduating with honors from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in mass communications she received her graduate degree in complementary and alternative medicine at Georgetown University.  Dr Tanaka received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine.  She completed her internship and pediatric residency at UCLA Mattel Childrens Hospital Community Health and Advocacy Training track (CHAT) and was recruited to stay as chief resident. As a military spouse Dr Tanaka travelled around the country and practiced at Dayton Childrens Hospital in Ohio and Sacred Heart Pediatric Clinic and Eglin Air Force Base in northwestern Florida before settling in the San Diego area.In addition to her pediatric practice Dr Tanaka helps families improve their health and wellness in the CPCMG W.E.L.L. Clinic.  With her medical and nutrition expertise combined with her passion for cooking Dr. Tanaka serves as the W.E.L.L Clinics culinary medicine expert. To help families learn how to prepare delicious and healthy meals she created a virtual teaching kitchen curriculum where she shares cooking techniques and demonstrates recipes. Dr Tanaka has developed multiple child-friendly recipes for numerous publications and loves testing new dishes with her 2 sons and husband.