“The family is the underutilized weapon in the fight against childhood obesity, ” says Dr. David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children’s Hospital Boston.

“家庭是在针对儿童肥胖的斗争中尚未得到充分利用的武器。” 波士顿儿童医院肥胖症项目主管大卫·路德维格博士说道。

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There is a researcher at The Harvard Medical School named David Ludwig who's done a terrific series of studies on the glycemic index and found how it relates to food intake, body weight regulation, and health.

在哈佛医学院有一个研究员,名叫大卫·路德维格,他在血糖指数方面,做了一系列出色的研究,并发现了血糖指数与食物摄取,体重控制以及健康之间的关系

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Dr. DAVID LUDWIG (Director, Obesity Program, Children's Hospital in Boston): We focused on milk, fruit juices, and soft drinks, because these beverages are highly profitable and heavily advertised to children.

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"Soft drinks and sugar-containing beverages are the low hanging fruit in public health today, " says Dr. David Ludwig, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, at Children's Hospital in Boston.

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After reading an editorial by Lindsey Murtagh and David Ludwig, Katz comes to the conclusion that, in cases of extreme childhood obesity, the state should be prepared to take children away from their parents.

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