Low-carb Diet Risks, Parenting and Nutrition in Siblings
Episode 176
In this episode Tamara Hannon, MD, FAAP, explains the risks of low-carbohydrate diets for children and adolescents with or at risk of developing diabetes. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Joshua Jeong, ScD, about his research on parenting and nutrition in low-resource communities.
Guest, Tamara Hannon, MD, FAAP
Dr. Hannon is a pediatric endocrinologist with training and expertise in nutrition science and diabetes research and clinical care. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Director of the Pediatric Diabetes Program and the Youth Diabetes Prevention Clinic at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.
Guest, Joshua Jeong, ScD
Joshua Jeong is a developmental scientist and a Rollins assistant professor in global health at Emory University. His work examines how parent-child relationships and the psychosocial wellbeing of families more broadly contribute to early child development in low-resource settings. Specifically, he studies how fathers influence young children’s development through male caregivers’ roles as parents and partners.
