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Winter 2008
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Thank you to all of you who responded to our recent reader survey. Your comments make it clear that you would like more information about well child visits and preventive health care. Two topics specifically mentioned include healthy diet and weight management. With the current worldwide obesity epidemic, it is important that each of us as health care providers do all that we can to encourage healthy eating and appropriate activity for all children. To that end, our next newsletter will address eating habits in children and adolescents and suggestions for a healthy lifestyle. |
| We will discuss childhood nutrition, calculation and plotting of BMI, as well as the concept of multi-disciplinary clinics for obese children. These clinics, which may include a dietitian, psychologists, exercise specialists, and physicians, have been successful in managing childhood obesity. Many of their strategies can be used by health care providers during preventive care visits. We hope you find this information helpful in your practice, and appreciate your feedback. | |
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