Where Discovery Creates Hope - May 2021
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Where Discovery Creates Hope - May 2021
A novel approach to childhood obesity
Losing 50 pounds made a world of difference for an engaging teenager named Jack. He can bike. He can swim. He can even leave his wheelchair in the dust.
Best of all, Jack’s fingers are nimble enough to play with his beloved Legos.
A simple, but powerful new approach guides the University of Minnesota’s Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine: What Jack and patients like him battle isn’t a character flaw, as conventional wisdom would have us believe. It’s a disease.