Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

Healthy Eating See All  Healthy Eating During Adolescence in Healthy Eating Encourage your teen to eat 3 balanced meals a day, with fruits or vegetables as snacks....more  Metabolic Syndrome and Soft Drink Consumption in Healthy Eating Information on the link between soft drinks and metabolic syndrome....more  Lifestyle Changes Can Help Kids Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Healthy Eating Parents can do a lot to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in their kids, even if the parents already have it. ...more  Weight Management and Adolescents in Healthy Eating For overweight children 7 and older, the initial goal is to keep them from gaining more weight. Changes in eating habits and exercise are gradually introduced to trim pounds....more  Determining Body Mass Index for Teens in Healthy Eating Although it is not a perfect measure, BMI gives a fairly accurate assessment of how much of your teen's body is made up of fat. ...more  Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and Triglycerides in Children and Teens in Healthy Eating The cholesterol in blood comes from two sources: the foods your teen eats and his or her liver. The liver, however, makes all of the cholesterol your teen's body needs....more