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What's Health Got to Do with It?
What's Health Got to Do with It?
What's Health Got to Do with It?

Health care headlines; new pediatric obesity guidelines

By Brendan Rivers
Published February 25, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 file photo, Oumou Balde, 4, left, plays with her teacher Jacqualine Sanchez, right, and some pretend food in a pre-kindergarten class at the Sheltering Arms Learning Center in New York in a program that was produced in conjunction with the Sesame Street children's television show to educate children about nutrition and health.
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Oumou Balde, 4, left, plays with teacher Jacqualine Sanchez, right, and some pretend food in a pre-kindergarten class at the Sheltering Arms Learning Center in New York, in a file photo from Jan. 21, 2014.

On this week’s program, we examined the biggest health care headlines with our monthly medical roundtable panelists:

  • Dr. Joseph Drazkowski, neurologist at Mayo Clinic Phoenix
  • Dr. Dacre Knight, internist/allergist at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
  • Chad Nielsen, director of accreditation and infection prevention at UF Health Jacksonville

Plus, a look at new pediatric obesity guidelines.

Guest: Dr. Madeline Joseph, professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics at the UF Pediatric Weight Management Center.

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Brendan Rivers
Special Projects Producer Brendan Rivers joined WJCT News in August of 2018 after several years as a reporter and then News Director at Southern Stone Communications, which owns and operates several radio stations in the Daytona Beach area.
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