Healthy Kids, Happy Lives
Texas Tech Health Check
English - October 17, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBMedicine Health & Fitness Mental Health higher education health wellness research medical mental health physical health texas medical school Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity is a serious problem in the U.S. and puts children and adolescents at risk for poor physical and psychological health. How can parents and caregivers help their children manage their weight? That’s what Amanda Masters, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians pediatrician and associate professor in the School of Medicine, answers for us. Dr. Masters also explains how obesity is measured and helps us debunk myths with the truth about childhood obesity.