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Multifaceted program focuses on nutrition, exercise, and support - BU Today(Childhood Obesity News)

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When Roberta Clarke, a School of Management associate professor of marketing and vice chair of the board of the New England Organ Bank , learned of these numbers, she took action. Health disorders such as heart and kidney disease, cancer of the central organs, and type 2 diabetes â” complications formerly associated only with middle-aged and elderly adults â” are now occurring in children as young as 12. The six-month program, which works in partnership with the physicians of Childrenâs Hospital Boston and is based on research from the hospitalâs Optimal Weight for Life program, takes a multidisciplinary approach to weight management. During the nutrition portion of the program, children and parents learn to cook healthful meals at the facilityâs on-site kitchen. Read Childhood Obesity

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