Author: Meera Beharry, MD

Meera Beharry is an adolescent medicine pediatrician on the medical staff at McLane Children's Scott & White Clinic – Temple and McLane Children's Scott & White Specialty Clinic – Hillcrest. She enjoys traveling, baking, reading, dancing and her new hobby of sailing! She had a mild case of “busy kid syndrome” as a teenager and would have suffered greatly if her parents did not put limits on her activities.
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The alarming health crisis on the rise in today’s teens

There’s a growing health problem among adolescents, one I’ve decided to call “Busy Kid Syndrome.” It’s exactly what it sounds like — when kids’ schedules get so busy with schoolwork and extracurricular activities that they neglect their health. It looks something like this: A 16-year-old boy stays up late doing homework for his advanced classes … Continue reading The alarming health crisis on the rise in today’s teens