URMC Participates in Family-Based Childhood Obesity Study

URMC participates in family-based childhood obesity study

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) – UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, located in Rochester, NY has participated in one of the largest family-based childhood obesity studies ever conducted. This obesity study will help educate parents and children alike how to handle health, eating behaviors, and stress. Over 600 families with children ages 6-12 will be included in the study.

Dr. Stephen Cook, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UR’s Golisano Children’s Hospital and the lead researcher, said nearly 20% of kids in our area are obese or severely obese.

“Obesity is not as simple as a lifestyle choice,” Dr. Cook said. “It is a very complicated disease and such a stigmatized disease that families have a hard time acknowledging it.”

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URMC Participates in Family-Based Childhood Obesity Study

URMC participates in family-based childhood obesity study

“Obesity is not as simple as a lifestyle choice,” Dr. Cook said. “It is a very complicated disease and such a stigmatized disease that families have a hard time acknowledging it.”

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