Laura Washington: Chicago pediatrician sees the ravages of sugar daily

The Chicago Sun Times – Laura Washington

Dr. Icy Cade-Bell cares. A pediatrician for nearly 30 years, she knows high sugar consumption leads to deadly outcomes. “Everybody knows pop is not good for you or, rather, you should not drink a lot of pop,” she said when we met last week. Yet she battles childhood obesity every day, treating children and adolescents at Comer Children’s Hospital and the Friend Family Health Center on Chicago’s South Side. (more)