Childhood Obesity Study (2015)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2015-08-14
Duration: 00:05:46
Subjects: Health | Obesity in children | Katzmarzyk, Peter T., 1968- | Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Contributors:
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Woods, Virnado Editor
- Katzmarzyk, Peter Interviewee
Description
This segment from the August 14, 2015, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford’s interview with Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. He discusses the findings of his latest study on childhood obesity and responds to the criticism of the study because it was funded by Coca-Cola.