Video Blog – Childhood Obesity

Posted by Dr. Sue Pedersen | Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

In this video blog, Dr Sue discusses the childhood obesity epidemic we are facing, which is the focus of the Fall 2011 Conduit magazine, a publication of the Canadian Obesity Network. (available as a free download here: http://www.obesitynetwork.ca/conduit_landing.aspx?menu=50&app=206&cat1=568)

Dr Sue discusses the important contribution of genetics to the childhood obesity epidemic, and the serious consequences of the stigma of obesity to the child. She talks about things that we can do, from avoidance of smoking in pregnancy to decreasing TV time, to help our kids grow up with a more healthy weight!

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Dr. Sue Pedersen

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Dr. Sue Pedersen

I am a medical doctor, Specialist in Endocrinology & Metabolism, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. After completing my training as an Endocrinologist in 2005 at the University of Calgary, I have worked in Calgary, at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatchewan, and at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. I have a busy clinical practice at C-ENDO Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic in Calgary, caring for patients with diabetes, obesity, thyroid, and other hormone issues. I am also involved in clinical research in diabetes and obesity. I am the lead author of the 2020 and 2022 Pharmacotherapy Chapters of the Canadian Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines, and a member of the Expert Committee for the 2018 Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines as an author on the Weight Management chapter. I am passionate, enthusiastic, and driven to help conquer the stigma against obesity; educate health care professionals and the public about obesity and diabetes; and to help us become a healthier society!