Child obesity, rampant in U.S., now global issue

“When it comes to childhood obesity, Dr. Abhinash Srivatsa, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Hospital Boston, doesn’t mince words.

Overweight children and teens are caught in a “tsunami of all these terrible things,” Srivatsa said, before rattling off several major medical conditions associated with extreme weight problems, including heart and cardiovascular complications, type 2 diabetes and kidney failure.” Full Story »