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Treating Childhood Obesity: What the TEAM UP Study Reveals

AUG 3, 202637 MIN

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Dr. Sandra Hassink is joined by three authors of the newly published TEAM UP Randomized Clinical Trial research paper: Dr. Amanda Staiano, Professor of Population Health at Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Dr. Stephen Cook, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center; and Dr. Denise Wilfley, Scott Rudolph University Professor at Washington University School of Medicine. Together, they discuss the study's findings, which show that childhood obesity can be effectively treated through a family-based intervention program. Resources: · Family-Centered Child Obesity Treatment: The TEAM UP Randomized Clinical Trial (https://tinyurl.com/3d2uc9tn) · Proven childhood obesity treatment also works at pediatrician’s office (https://tinyurl.com/yd4bddpd) · Team Up Trial Handout (https://tinyurl.com/ydzm5wey)