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Childhood Obesity: How Can It Be Avoided?
Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston news series where our leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address child obesity to support Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Childhood obesity is one of the most significant public health issues that affects today’s youth. National data from 2021-23 show that 21.1% of U.S. children ages 2-19 have obesity; 7% of those children have severe obesity. UTHealth Houston’s Texas School
The Medical Minute: Living Well with Heart Failure
Heart failure is serious, but a Penn State Health cardiologist says many patients can feel better and stay active with medication, healthy lifestyle changes and, in some cases, surgery.