How can we better support kids and families living with obesity? That’s the question we’re exploring in this episode—with help from the experts who helped write the new national guideline.

We’re joined by two of the key contributors behind this work: Dr. Geoff Ball, co-lead author and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Catherine Birken, Pediatrician and Research Scientist at SickKids in Toronto.

Together, they unpack what makes this guideline different, how it reflects the voices of children and families, and why it matters in everyday clinical practice.

🎯 In this episode: 

• Why the new pediatric guideline was created—and what’s changed

• How the guideline incorporates lived experience and values of families

• What “multicomponent interventions” are and why they’re foundational

• The role of shared decision-making and trauma-informed care in pediatrics