Contemporary Pediatrics reported May 5 on new approaches to address obesity, including the promoton of healthy lifestyle strategies used at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA. Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA and medical director fo the UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program, was quoted.
Teenagers Crossing Border for Gastric Banding. Daniel DeUgarte, Surgical Director of the UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program, was interviewed on a May 13th Telemundo story about US teenagers seeking gastric band surgery in Tijuana, Mexico. Telemundo.
School Salad Bar Boosts Kid's Fruit, Veggie Intake". Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the UCLA School of Public Health, commented in a March 23, 2008 article on school salad bar boosting kids fruit and veggie intake. ABC link. USNews link. (Original print HealthDay News, Dec. 21, 2007)
"School Salad Bar Boosts Kid's Fruit, Veggie Intake". Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the UCLA School of Public Health, commented in a March 23, 2008 article on school salad bar boosting kids fruit and veggie intake. ABC link. USNews link. (Original print HealthDay News, Dec. 21, 2007)
"School Lunches Get Leafy in Los Angeles." National Public Radio reported Feb. 14, 2008 on a new UCLA study finding that elementary schools can increase low-income students' fruit and vegetable consumption by offering a salad bar at lunch. Lead author Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, was interviewed.
"Kid Workouts Part of Family Fitness Trend." Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, commented in a Jan. 7, 2008 article on the KABC-Channel 7 website about the benefits of exercise programs for kids.
"LAUSD Student Fitness Trails Peers in State." Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, commented Dec. 7 in the Los Angeles Daily News and the Desert Sun (Palm Springs) about California's physical fitness report for kids. She also commented Dec. 7 in the Monterey Herald and Dec. 10 in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette about new trends in fitness toys for children.
"Fitness Fun Houses." Dr. Wendy Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, was quoted Dec. 27, 2007 in a KYW-Channel 3 (Philadelphia) story about offering fitness facilities to younger children. CBS Link. ABC Link.
Dr. DeUgarte was awarded the 2009 American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Research Grant for research in "Impact of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery on Diet-Induced Childhood Obesity: Implications for Long-Term Health and Offspring Metabolic Phenotype."
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