Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., according to former Surgeon General David Satcher and many other U.S. health experts. A panel talks about the alarming rise in the number of dangerously overweight children and what the...

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., according to former Surgeon General David Satcher and many other U.S. health experts. A panel talks about the alarming rise in the number of dangerously overweight children and what the nation must do to address the crisis.

Guests

Dr. Pamela Peeke

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Margo Wootan

director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

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