(36 Mins 12 Secs)

Summary Points: New guidelines for clinicians which address recommendations for bariatric surgery, drug therapy, diet and lifestyle and other issues in the diagnosis and treatment of overweight and obese children. People in a study munched an average of 44 percent more potato chips while watching a David Letterman monologue. Chronic partial sleep loss could increase the risk of obesity and diabetes. Obese men had more than triple the risk of erectile dysfunction compared with men who are not overweight.

Presenters:

• Obese Children: Dr. Gilbert August, George Washington University
• Bariatric Surgery: Dr. Daniel Leslie, University of Minnesota Watching TV and Gaining Weight: Dr. Alan R. Hirsch, The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, Chicago
• Sleep Loss: Dr. Eve Van Cauter, University of Chicago Department of Medicine
• Male Infertility: Dr. Wayne Meikle, University of Utah School of Medicine