Keeping Kids Healthy: Overweight Kids - Is Your Child at Risk?

One of the biggest epidemics sweeping the country is childhood obesity - kids who weigh too much for their own good health, and who may be developing serious illnesses like diabetes as a result. Join host Dr. Winnie King to meet a 12-year-old boy who has overcome obesity-induced diabetes; and learn from an endocrinologist, an exercise specialist, and two nutritionists how to prevent your children from crossing that "overweight" line, through simple techniques like playing games, exercising with the family, and preparing delicious but healthful snacks and meals.

Guests:

Alan Kellman- Former Diabetic * Nolan Kellman- Alan's Father * Ilene Fennoy, MD St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Obesity Expert * Richard Weil, M Ed, CDE, Exercise Physiologist * Keith Ayoob, Ed D.- American Dietetic Association * Barbara Schobel, RD- Nutritionist

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