The New Obesity Guidelines by the AAP: Our Pediatric Wellness Expert Doctor Weighs In

CME link for Episode 28: The New Obesity Guidelines by the AAP: Our Pediatric Wellness Doctor Weighs In

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The New Obesity Guidelines by the AAP: Our Pediatric Wellness Expert Doctor Weighs In

FACULTY:

Luisa M. Rodriguez, MD is a pediatric endocrinologist at UT Health San Antonio.  She sees patients at University Health's Texas Diabetes Institute Wellness Clinic: 210-358-7561.  The referral fax number is: 210-7024228

For prevention or treatment of fatty liver disease, Dr. Amy Issa sees patients at our clinic on Wurzbach and Fredericksburg.  Referral fax: 210-450-2124, Phone: 210-450-7334

OVERVIEW:
Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews pediatric endocrinologist and wellness expert Luisa M. Rodriguez, MD about the new obesity guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics and what these really mean.

 

DISCLOSURES:
Luisa M. Rodriguez, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

 

The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  

 

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.

 

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

CREDITS:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50)
Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.50)