Today's Headlines
The key to success in the fight against childhood obesity is a motivated overweight child and a supportive family. Here are some tools you can use to help kids improve their activity levels and lose the weight. See what can get your patients on the move.
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"Insufficient evidence" exists to recommend for or against screening for iron-deficiency anemia in asymptomatic children aged 6 to 24 months, the US Preventive Services Task Force states in a draft recommendation. Find out what the data reviews found.
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"Perhaps" is the short answer to this question, according to results of a survey of more than 800 parents to determine how various types of menu labeling affect what parents order for their children in fast-food restaurants. How much effect did food labels have?
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PODCAST
In our exclusive podcast interview with Marvin L. Wang, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Newborn Nurseries at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, we asked what pediatricians should know about the evidence of the risk/benefits listed in the CDC's new draft recommendations—and whether or not it ought to be a routine wellness visit topic for all uncircumcised patients.
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