"Shaq's Big Challenge is a new reality program that revolves around six middle school children as they strive to reduce their weight and impove their health with the assistance of Dr. William Muinos and Miami Heat Basketball great Shaquille O'neal, as well as a dietician and a fitness trainer.
Portions of the program were filmed at MCH and features personnel from Gastroenterology, Radiology and the Congenital Heart Institute.
The six episode series will run every Tuesday on WPLG 10 at 9:00 p.m.
For more information about Shaq's Big Challenge,
click here.
To read about the team of experts, including Dr. Muinos,
click here.
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Children Matter Most ™ (2024)
Founded in 1950 as Variety Children's Hospital, Nicklaus
Children's is South Florida's only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with
approximately 850 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 307-bed
hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many specialty programs
routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The hospital is
also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since
2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing
profession's most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit
www.nicklauschildrens.org.