Doctors Not Properly Diagnosing Overweight And Obesity In Children
Monday, December 29, 2008 - 21:36
in Health & Medicine
Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive that diagnosis by a pediatrician. The study also stresses that this failure to diagnose appears to mostly impact children who may most greatly benefit from early intervention.
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