Ebn Podcast

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this session, Dr Nicolas Stettler, Managing Consultant at the Levin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, will discuss issues raised in his commentary ‘excess weight gain in the first 18 months of life is associated with later childhood overweight, obesity and greater arterial wall thickness’. He reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Read the commentary: http://goo.gl/Zm3dPi Read the original research: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23713097