More on Pediatric Obesity, Bones, and Joints

November 1, 2018
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What would exert abnormal force on a medial tibial growth plate? There is pretty good evidence that the answer is, obesity.

Bones, Joints, and Pediatric Obesity

October 31, 2018
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Overweight kids sustain more bone and joint injuries in the lower body than the upper body, compounded by excess weight.

Advice about SCFE: Don’t Get It

October 30, 2018
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A recent BMI study confirmed that kids who become obese tend to stay that way, which is an argument for the necessity of checking BMI early and often.

Some Notes on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

October 23, 2018
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Long-term sustainability is the prevention of relapse, and relapse avoidance is long-term viability. Is cognitive behavioral therapy the answer?

The Word of the Day Is “Connect”

October 22, 2018
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Almost everything that we as humans ever want to do requires that something be connected to something else. Connection is a major concept.

Only Connect!

October 19, 2018
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Is it more effective to concentrate on psychological factors than to focus specifically on weight loss, when it comes to obesity treatment?

The Run-up to January’s Clinical Trial Launch

October 18, 2018
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The three-year randomized controlled trial with the W8Loss2Go app is launching in Jan. 2019, with 180 overweight adolescent participants.

Outstanding in Their Field: Suzette Glasner-Edwards, Ph.D.

October 17, 2018
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Who doesn’t want to improve our ability to treat substance use disorders? And what are the benefits of using technology to assess and treat addiction?

Speaking of Advice for Parents…

October 11, 2018
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Danish pediatrician Dr. Jens-Christian Holm’s The Children’s Obesity Clinic’s Treatment (TCOCT) has proven successful in treating childhood obesity.

Making Things to Eat

October 9, 2018
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The topic of food is a major advice magnet. We found plenty of hints about choosing foods and conducting meals, but what about preparation?

Less Screen, More Sleep

September 20, 2018
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Screen time replaces sleep, indirectly affecting weight, because erratic and insufficient sleep are obesity villains.

Coming Up for Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

September 18, 2018
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One study showed kids follow the optimal habits demonstrated by their moms, and it significantly reduces their likelihood of becoming obese.

Everything You Know Is Wrong (About Certain Things)

September 6, 2018
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Some foods, like coconut oil, were considered to be obesity villains but later had their reputations rehabilitated.

On the Road to Genetic Architecture

August 30, 2018
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Some FTO alleles appear to have connections with obesity and eating disorders, and also with psychopathology.

Genetic Architecture — Just Another Mixed Blessing

August 29, 2018
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Reliable SNPs could do a lot of wonderful things for medical care, but there is a dark side.

Obesity Villain: FTO

August 28, 2018
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The FTO gene lives on chromosome 16 of typical humans, and some varieties of it seem to correlate with their obesity.

SNPs and GWAS

August 27, 2018
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The scientists can now estimate the numbers of DNA variations that combine to create physical characteristics, traits, and diseases in the body.

A Big Picture, Unveiled — Genetic Architecture

August 24, 2018
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Through innovative statistical techniques, researchers can estimate the numbers variations in DNA that affect physical traits, including childhood obesity.

In Pediatric Obesity

August 22, 2018
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A continuing discussion of the recently published “An addiction model-based mobile health weight loss intervention in adolescents with obesity.”

Implications of the Energy Balance Scam

August 9, 2018
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As agencies lose their funding, Coke and other industry players are encouraging the government to do less and less in the way of either research or policing.

Report Moves Debate Beyond Calories

July 23, 2018
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A recently published paper finds that sugar-sweetened beverages increase health risks when compared with the same number of calories from other carbohydrates.

The United Kingdom Persists

July 11, 2018
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When it comes to obesity, her Majesty’s subjects are eternally interested in how their country compares to the rest of the world.

The Soft Underbelly of Peer Review

July 10, 2018
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The peer review is less about the nuts and bolts of the science itself, and more about whether the project is being explained clearly to colleagues.

Of Peers and Peer Review

July 9, 2018
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When the government will not pay for necessary science private interests are only too happy to bestow dollars and influence outcomes.

Experts Question What Is Best

July 5, 2018
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No general practitioner can effectively guide a weight loss course, because it’s time- and labor-intensive.

What Is to Be Learned From the Fat IQ Test?

July 3, 2018
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One of the many things Dr. Pretlow has learned from the Weigh2Rock kids is that “knowing how to eat right” is not enough.

A Noble and Futile Effort

July 2, 2018
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Is it possible that all the research into the physical qualities of food and beverages has amounted to a vast amount of wasted effort?

The Mission to Reinvent Food

June 29, 2018
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The SATIN project was launched to learn about the biomarkers of satiety in the human body and to search for appetite-reducing substances.

A Bold Attempt to Stop Obesity

June 28, 2018
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What biological processes in the stomach, brain, or elsewhere, contribute to a person’s perception of having eaten enough? What flips the cutoff switch?

Other Specified Eating Disorders

June 21, 2018
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The 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders probably did more to muddy the waters than to clarify them.

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OVERWEIGHT: What Kids Say explores the obesity problem from the often-overlooked perspective of children struggling with being overweight.

About Dr. Robert A. Pretlow

Dr. Robert A. Pretlow is a pediatrician and childhood obesity specialist. He has been researching and spreading awareness on the childhood obesity epidemic in the US for more than a decade.
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Presentations

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation at the American Society of Animal Science 2020 Conference
What’s Causing Obesity in Companion Animals and What Can We Do About It

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation at the World Obesity Federation 2019 Conference:
Food/Eating Addiction and the Displacement Mechanism

Dr. Pretlow’s Multi-Center Clinical Trial Kick-off Speech 2018:
Obesity: Tackling the Root Cause

Dr. Pretlow’s 2017 Workshop on
Treatment of Obesity Using the Addiction Model

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation for
TEC and UNC 2016

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation at the 2015 Obesity Summit in London, UK.

Dr. Pretlow’s invited keynote at the 2014 European Childhood Obesity Group Congress in Salzburg, Austria.

Dr. Pretlow’s presentation at the 2013 European Congress on Obesity in Liverpool, UK.

Dr. Pretlow’s presentation at the 2011 International Conference on Childhood Obesity in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dr. Pretlow’s presentation at the 2010 Uniting Against Childhood Obesity Conference in Houston, TX.

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