by Gary Pepper M.D. | Jun 6, 2021 | NUTRITIONAL-HEALTH
This article is the first in a series at metabolism.com; “Overweight Kids….Trouble in Paradise”. In the opener, we touch on many aspects of what can be a toxic tangle. In coming articles we plan to break out and do a deeper dive into each of the aspects presented....
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Sep 27, 2017 | diabetes, Family Nutrition, general health & nutrition, nutrition, Overweight in Adolescence, weight loss
Weight management is a key component of a healthy lifestyle although keeping one’s weight on track is often a frustrating and perplexing task. To get the whole family involved in the weight management effort may seem almost impossible. Simply identifying a...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Apr 21, 2017 | diet, diet and weight loss, Family Nutrition, nutrition, Overweight in Adolescence, weight loss
Without question the eating habits we develop as kids helps determine if we are going to be a heavy adult. Almost a third of children and adolescents in the US are classified as either overweight or obese (JAMA 2014; Ogden, CL).Many of these children become obese...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | May 2, 2015 | health, metabolism
Metabolism.com received this message from one of our readers. Her story seems typical of the sort of dilemma so many people face today. The best advice usually comes from others who face the same problem. It would be helpful to hear what others would do in her...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Oct 7, 2013 | diabetes, diet, Family Nutrition, Family Nutrition Diabetes, metabolism, weight gain
by Gary Pepper, M.D. and Andrew Levine, Pre-med If you ask the average person to define diabetes, a typical response might be “it’s when you have unhealthy eating habits and an overabundance of sugar in your blood.† Although that is not far from the...
