{"id":353640,"date":"2026-07-27T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353640\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:42:23","slug":"back-to-school-pediatrician-discusses-importance-of-well-child-visits-before-school-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353640\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-school: pediatrician discusses importance of well-child visits before school starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back-to-school: pediatrician discusses importance of well-child visits before school starts<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gayathri Kapoor of Orlando Health explains why scheduling well-child visits before the school year begins is essential for children&#8217;s health and development.<\/p>\n<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">As families prepare for the back-to-school season, doctors are urging parents to prioritize their children&#8217;s annual well-child visit to ensure they are ready for the year ahead.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Dr. Gayathri Kapoor, a pediatrician with Orlando Health, explained the importance of these checkups.   <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">She also highlighted the potential challenges of delaying these appointments. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">In addition to basics like height, weight, and vaccines, Kapoor emphasized other screenings conducted during these visits. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandohealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here <\/a>to learn more about Orlando Health. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&gt;&gt; Watch the full interview in the video player above.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back-to-school: pediatrician discusses importance of well-child visits before school starts Dr. Gayathri Kapoor of Orlando Health explains why&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[33016,54547,28095,147,7071,144530,2152,571,62363,18764,120564,139,141,6031,140,144529,67523,531,53921,17203,9070,144528,144527,918],"class_list":["post-353640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-addition","tag-back-to-school","tag-basic","tag-central-florida","tag-children","tag-clickhereto","tag-development","tag-health","tag-height","tag-importance","tag-kapoor","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-health","tag-orlando-news","tag-other-screening","tag-pediatrician","tag-school","tag-school-year","tag-vaccine","tag-vaccines","tag-weight","tag-well-child-visit","tag-wesh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}