In the Media Tag: pediatric obesity


Obesity Predisposing Gene More Common In African Americans and Hispanics

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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Joan C. Han, MD, Director, Pediatric Obesity Program, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN


Obesity influenced by gene variation, says study

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The study team, led by Joan C. Han, M.D., a former NICHD investigator now at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center …


Sugar Is Definitely Toxic, a New Study Says

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“Too much calorie intake is still the biggest problem,” says Dr. Mark Corkins, professor of pediatrics at University of Tennessee Health Science Center and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on nutrition.


Institutions Join Fight Against Childhood Obesity

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… the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital opened a Healthy Lifestyles Clinic as part of their joint Pediatric Obesity Program under the direction of Joan Han, MD, a Harvard-educated endocrinologist and former U.S. Public Health Service officer.


Institutions Join Fight Against Childhood Obesity

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Last October, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital opened a Healthy Lifestyles Clinic as part of their joint Pediatric Obesity Program under the direction of Joan Han, MD, a Harvard-educated endocrinologist and former U.S. Public Health Service officer.