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The AAP’s first clinical practice guideline (CPG) on the evaluation and treatment of pediatric obesity highlights evidence-based approaches that pediatricians can use to treat children and adolescents effectively and safely.

The AAP said it's a disease with genetic, social and environmental factors.

The American Academy of Pediatrics' new guidance on childhood obesity — the first in 15 years — moves away from "watchful waiting," or delaying treatment to see if children outgrow obesity.

The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics through the month of November 2022.

If you’re feeling a little stressed at the holidays, you’re not alone. According to the American Psychiatric Association, 41 percent of adults report an increase in worrying at this time of year.

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, a skilled clinician and researcher, has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 Young Investigator Award from

Jason Lang, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, has earned the American Lung Association’

Gregory Tatum, MD, professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2022.

Duke faculty members Gary Maslow, MD, who is both a child psychiatrist and a pediatrician, and Nicole Heilbron, PhD, who is a child psychologist, serve as principal investigators of NC-PAL, or the North Carolina Psychiatric Access Line.

The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the months of February 2022 through September 2022. Congratulations to these faculty on their awards and best wishes to them in their investigative work.