Healthy Kids, Happy Lives

Send us Fan MailAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity is a serious problem in the U.S. and puts children and adolescents at risk for poor physical and psychological health. How can parents and caregivers help their children manage their weight? That’s what Amanda Masters, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians pediatrician and associate professor in the School of Medicine, answers for us. Dr. Masters also explains how obesity is measured and helps us debunk myths with the truth about childhood obesity.