The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity

Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition

Are children aware of what is happening to their health? In this episode, Dr. Powell teaches us how important is for adults to teach their children healthy habits related to food and exercise, so common diseases that affected mostly adults, don’t affect them so hard like it is nowadays. She also points out the intensity of diseases in colored and poor children compared to others, giving us something to reflect about.

Dr. Audrey Ross Powell is physician with over 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She is a Board-Certified Pediatrician and an Internist (Physician for Adults). She completed dual residencies in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Her medical degree is from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology. She enjoys collaborating across the healthcare spectrum to provide compassionate care and believes in putting the patient first. In addition, she enjoys empowering patients and families with knowledge along their health journeys. She is an effective communicator and strategist. She prides herself as a lifelong learner and is passionate about health and happiness. In her spare time, she enjoys charitable work, traveling and spending time with her family.

"...Oftentimes we think about good food and bad food. So getting rid of that language, so there's not good food or bad food..."

In this episode, you will learn about

What led Dr. Powell into pediatrics

The changes in pediatrics

The outcomes of childhood obesity “the health of the children is the health of the nation”

Pre-diabetes in children

The greatest contributors to the childhood obesity epidemic

What to do to have a healthy relationship with food

The positive relationship between food and children

The line between encouraging children to eat something new vs. forcing them eat something they don’t like

Audrey’s thought of using food as a reward

Sense that nutrition matters in older children

When parents should consider consulting a registered dietitian for their child

What would it take to start seeing childhood obesity numbers start to decline

Keynotes:

[01:21] What led Audrey to a career in pediatrics

[01:57] The changes she has seen throughout her 20 years in her field

[02:24] Outcomes of childhood obesity

[04:20] How she sees pre-diabetes in children

[05:08] The greatest contributors to the childhood obesity epidemic such as knowledge in the family of nutrition for the children

[06:03] Healthy relationship with food

[07:37] Positive relationship between food and children

[08:55] Encouraging children to eat something new vs. forcing them eat something they don’t like

[10:24] Using food as a reward

[12:49] The sense that nutrition matters in older children

[13:56] When parents should consider consulting a registered dietitian for their child

[14:51] When childhood obesity numbers start to decline

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