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In our Adolescent Medicine department, we specialize in helping overweight or obese 10 -24-year-olds improve their health and lose weight. Have you ever counseled patients on healthy eating?
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Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
About one-third of adolescents are overweight or obese. Texas Children's Hospital's Adolescent Medicine department not only helps patients learn healthy eating habits and monitors weight loss but also evaluates and treats weight-related medical problems, many of which will improve with weight loss alone. Share any experience you have, even if it seems insignificant to you.
Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
"Previously, when we had patients who needed weight or nutritional services, we did referrals to the in-house nutritionist. I like the idea of having a department that focuses primarily on adolescent weight issues. Teaching children at a younger age about healthy alternatives for food choices and activities will greatly improve their quality of life later on."
Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
"Having battled with adolescent obesity, I am pleased to see a program like this at Texas Children's Hospital. People who have never fought the obesity battle do not realize how disheartening it can be and the many things that go hand-in-hand with it. Until I got control of my weight, I also suffered from depression issues related to my weight. I have been able to share my personal story with patients through the years to encourage them that a healthier lifestyle has many positive impacts on health overall."
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