Obesity and Weight Management

Pediatric Endocrinology

If your child has problems with growth, puberty, diabetes or other disorders related to the hormones and the glands that produce them. Hormones are chemicals that affect how others parts of the body work. For example, hormones decide how a child grows and matures. Endocrinology is the science that studies these glands and the effects of the hormones. Endocrine glands like the pituitary glands, release hormones into the bloodstream.