Further questioning reveals that the child drinks four cups of fruit juice per day and watches
three hours of television after school. His blood pressure is normal, and he has no risk …

A 10-year-old girl is brought to your office by her mother to discuss concerns about the
child's weight, which is 59 kg (130 lb). Her height is 140 cm (55 in), giving her a body mass …

The prevalence of children who are overweight doubled in the last two decades and has
tripled among adolescents. In 1999 and 2000, the national prevalence of overweight (body …

A mother brings her seven-year-old boy to your clinic. The mother is obviously overweight
and nibbles on a pack of potato chips when you walk into the examination room. Her son …

Mario is obese and drinks over 1 L of sweetened beverages a day. His mother is worried
about her son because she is obese as well and was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes …

A seven-year-old girl is 130 cm tall (the 90th percentile for girls of the same age) and weighs
34.6 kg (above the 95th percentile), with a body-mass index of 20.5 (above the 95th …

CASE PRESENTATION A 2.5-year-old Hispanic boy who was obviously overweight came to
the medically underserved primary care clinic for a well-child exam. When the pediatric …

A girl had been severely obese since early childhood. She had been adopted in infancy,
and her adoptive parents and siblings had normal weights. Numerous programs had failed …

Soft drinks and obesity To the Editor: There is no question that obesity presents a major
challenge to physicians and their patients. Youth and their parents are overwhelmed by the …

Soft drinks and obesity To the Editor: I read with great interest the report by Mrdjenovic and
Levitsky, which was misleading. 1 The author's statement that sweetened drink consumption …