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In 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued groundbreaking guidelines to tackle childhood obesity, affecting over 14 million U.S. children and adolescents. These guidelines advocate for earlier, more aggressive interventions, including evaluating adolescents with severe obesity for bariatric surgery and the use of weight loss medications like Ozempic, alongside behavioral and lifestyle treatments. While some healthcare professionals hailed these measures, others expressed concern about whether it goes too far. Those who argue the guidelines are good medicine say that it is a…
Childhood Obesity Guidelines: Good Medicine or Too Extreme?
In 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued groundbreaking guidelines to tackle childhood obesity, affecting over 14 million U.S. children and adolescents. These guidelines advocate for earlier, more aggressive interventions, including evaluating adolescents with severe…
Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?
With Heather Conley, Daniel L. Davis, Paula Dobriansky, John J. Mearsheimer
10:00 AM | Friday, April 12, 2024
10:00 AM | Friday, April 12, 2024
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has provided more than $75 billion in aid to Ukraine, which has been directed toward military operations, economic support, and humanitarian assistance. As the war has gone on, members of Congress have questioned whether we have done enough to help the country and if continuing funding is sustainable. Those who want to continue funding Ukraine say the U.S. has a moral obligation to support the country in its time…
Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has provided more than $75 billion in aid to Ukraine, which has been directed toward military operations, economic support, and humanitarian assistance. As the…
With Heather Conley, Daniel L. Davis, Paula Dobriansky, John J. Mearsheimer
10:00 AM | Friday, April 12, 2024
10:00 AM | Friday, April 12, 2024
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