In this episode Dr. Hassink is joined by Dr. Mike Dedekian, a pediatric endocrinologist, to take a deeper look at the increased prevalence of children with obesity developing pre-diabetes and diabetes; and the importance of building a multi-disciplinary care team for obesity care.

Related Resources:

• Diabetes Clinical Practice Guideline Quick Reference Tools (https://tinyurl.com/ykpnhhdf)

• Management of Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Children and Adolescents (https://tinyurl.com/57y87fpf)

• Study: Risk for diabetes diagnosis increases in children following COVID-19 infection (AAP News article) (https://tinyurl.com/mr2dw4h3)

• Childhood Obesity in Primary Care Module 6: Motivational Interviewing: A Strategy to Stimulate Change Talk (https://tinyurl.com/2dhfppdx)

• ChangeTalk: Childhood Obesity – Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skill-Building Module| Download from Apple (https://tinyurl.com/572kvekh) or Google Play (https://tinyurl.com/4jrhwek9)