Task force: Screening children, obesity treatment works
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
CHICAGO -- An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight -- a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children.
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