Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works (AP)

AP - 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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CHICAGO – An influential

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 642-661 exam — a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children.

Treating obese kids can help them lose weight, the panel of doctors said in issuing new guidelines Monday. But that's only if it involves rigorous diet JN0-303 exam, activity and behavior counseling.

Just five years ago, the same panel — the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — found few benefits from pediatric obesity programs 312-50 exam. Since then, the task force said, studies have shown success. But that has only come with treatment that is costly, hard to find and hard to follow.


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