Pediatric Obesity: An Expert Review of the New AAP Guidelines

A panel of pediatric specialists from Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital discuss the new AAP guidelines on pediatric obesity. Our panel of Columbia pediatric obesity experts: • Clarify and synthesize the new AAP guidelines • Discuss the latest lifestyle interventions relevant to patients and families and the innovative programs here at Columbia • Review the new recommendations for medications and bariatric surgery for select patients Panelists include: Jennifer Woo Baidal MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Director of the Pediatric Obesitv Initiative; Jeffrev Zitsman MD, Pediatric Surgeon, Director, Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery; John Rausch MD, Pediatrician, Specialist in Childhood Obesity and Weight Management; Ilene Fennoy MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Specialist in Nutrition and Obesity Medicine; lleana Vargas-Rodriguez MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Specialist in Culinary Medicine, Child and Adolescent Diabetes and Obesity. This webinar is intended only to provide general information. Specific patient or clinical scenarios should be handled by patients’ practitioners based on their professional judgment, the needs of each patient and his/her unique circumstances, resources available where the patient is located, and other factors.