Obesity in Adolescents

Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury is damage caused by prescription or over-the-counter medications or herbal dietary supplements that is not dose-dependent. JAMA Associate Editor Beverly Forsyth, MD, speaks with author Naga Chalasani, MD, of Indiana University School of Med ...  Show more

Childhood obesity affects approximately 15% of children aged 2 to 12 and is associated with adverse health outcomes in adulthood. Author Claudia K. Fox, MD, MPH, of the University of Minnesota Medical School joins JAMA Deputy Editor Mary M. McDermott, MD, to discuss epidemiology, ...  Show more

Childhood obesity has tripled in the past thirty years.  Thirty percent of our children are overweight and twenty percent are considered to be obese.  This week Darlene Kvist, LN, Cassie Weness, RD and Tamara Brown, RD explain how processed and fast foods play a part in this epid ...  Show more

Children and adolescents are expected to gain weight as they age, but how much is too much? Childhood obesity rates are on the rise, along with disordered eating among teens. So how can kids and their parents address this head on? Dr. Jack Yanovski, a pediatric endocrinologist at ...  Show more

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic rates in this country. What are the causes and what can we do about it? Listen this week as Cassie Weness and Kate Crosby discuss this problem.