Pennington Biomedical’s bold initiative to reduce childhood obesity through statewide partnerships based on scientifically proven obesity treatment and prevention programs.
Join the fight against Childhood Obesity by supporting the groundbreaking, evidence-based research happening everyday at Pennington Biomedical.
Children with obesity have brains and bodies that have been rewired to gain weight and keep it on. They also live in a world that surrounds them with unhealthy foods and activities.
Scientists have proven that realistic strategies, like limiting consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, increasing regular physical activity, and reduced sedentary activity, can reduce the risk of children developing obesity.
Seven out of ten children with obesity grow up to be adults with obesity. Those adults go on to have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke.
The belittling treatment that children with obesity endure, from children and adults alike, can create scars that last a lifetime.
Childhood obesity is preventable. Family members, caregivers and other role models play a part in helping children make healthy choices. We can reverse the trend!
Our Research Spans the Pediatric Age Range:
Pennington’s Greaux Healthy Initiative Identifies Four Priority Populations
Research shows the risk of childhood obesity begins before birth, making an expectant mother’s healthy pregnancy weight and optimal infant feeding practices, critical early interventions against childhood obesity.
Childcare/early education settings will offer opportunities to implement structured evidence-based obesity prevention curricula and activities.
Healthy eating, physical activity and weight-loss interventions adapted for school children’s “real world” life are introduced.
Working with adolescents to modify behaviors associated with adult obesity and offering bariatric surgery for certain adolescents with severe obesity will avoid debilitating chronic diseases in adulthood.
Your donation to the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation will support critical research and programs around childhood obesity. With your support, Pennington Biomedical’s scientists are able to move science forward towards breakthroughs by using pioneering research and clinical trials that have global impacts.
Join the fight against childhood obesity by supporting the groundbreaking, evidence-based research happening everyday at Pennington Biomedical.
By donating today, you can make a difference.
