David Ludwig
Kids are what they eat
Sugary cereals, oversized soft drinks, and quarter-pound cheeseburgers are among the unhealthy food choices kids face daily. Junk food, most of it highly processed, and sugar-sweetened beverages are major contributors to the childhood obesity epidemic.
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Health in the balance
In research, treatment, and outreach, researchers from Harvard Medical School are taking on the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. This is the first in a three-part series.
Tags: Asthma, Boston Children’s Hospital, Carlos A. Camargo, David Ludwig, David Nathan, Diabetes, e New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Elsie Taveras, Fast food, Harvard Catalyst, Harvard Medical School, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, Lee Nadler, Massachusetts General Hospital, Matthew Gillman, New England Journal of Medicine study, Obesity, Obesity Prevention Program, One Step Ahead Program, Orthopedic issues, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Three-part series, Type 2 Diabetes, Womb, “Weight of the Nation”
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When a calorie is not just a calorie
A new study by Harvard researchers and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) challenges the notion that “a calorie is a calorie.”
Tags: Blood sugar, Boston Children’s Hospital, Calories, Cara Ebbeling, David Ludwig, Harvard Medical School, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, JAMA, journal of the american medical association, Low-carb diet, Low-fat diet, Low-glycemic index, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Optimal Weight for Life Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital
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