Pediatric Obesity

Pediatric obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States with 20-25% of children considered obese. That number has doubled in the last 2 decades. The increase in the number of overweight children, and the related health problems, are serious issues. Join Dr. Robert H. Lustig, the director, Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at UCSF for an in-depth look at this major medical problem.

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Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity

Dr. Marshall Orloff, UCSD Department of Surgery, discusses current surgical treatments for correcting morbid obesity in this presentation by Stein Institute for Research on Aging Series