ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions in many countries including the United States, and obesity-related metabolic disturbances once seen in adults are now being observed in children and adolescents. The results from several cohort studies demonstrate that obesity during childhood is highly predictive of future health outcomes in adulthood and that maternal health during pregnancy can have a lasting impact on a child’s health.  We now know that obesity predisposes to Type 2 diabetes in adolescents.  This is a condition that was rarely seen in this age group until recently, and it appears that Type 2 diabetes in adolescents is harder to control than in adults.

LATEST NEWS

• Weight Loss Wednesday/ DASH Diet making a comeback in the COVID era
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ONGOING CLINICAL STUDIES

• BabyEE Pilot
  Seeking infants between 1 - 3 months of age
  
• Infant 31P Pilot
  Seeking healthy infants 10 to 28 days old
  
• PEDALon
  Seeking 10 - 17 year olds with Type 2 Diabetes
  
• Shape Up Kids
  Seeking children 5 - 17 years old
  
• STRONG
  Seeking girls ages 13-17
  
• VDORA1
  Seeking children 6-17 diagnosed with asthma