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Katie: Hello and welcome to the Wellness Mama Podcast. I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com. And this episode is with someone I have known and been friends with for a long time, who is doing incredible work in trying to change the future of health for our kids in the food culture in our country, especially in schools. I’m here with Dr. Mark Hyman, who is a practicing family physician and also an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of functional medicine. He is the founder and the director of the UltraWellness Center, the head of strategy and innovation at the Cleveland Clinic for functional medicine, a 13 times New York Times bestselling author, and all of his books will be linked in the show notes, and board president for clinical affairs for the Institute for Functional Medicine. He’s also the host of one of the leading health podcasts, “The Doctor’s Farmacy,” and a regular medical contributor to a lot of television shows and networks including “Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” and has been a co-host on “The Dr.