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Health panel urges interventions for children and teens with high BMI
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWith obesity continuing to loom as a major public health threat, a leading panel of independent U.S....
U.S Preventive Services Task Force recommends clinicians refer children with high BMI to behavioral...
Medical Xpress· 17 hours agoThe U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians refer children aged 6...
Researchers say multimodal antiobesity medications yield superior preoperative weight loss
Medical Xpress· 17 hours agoCombining antiobesity medications enhances preoperative weight loss in individuals with high body...
To help children with high BMI, expert panel recommends 26 hours of behavior coaching — but not...
CNN.com· 20 hours agoThe US Preventive Services Task Force updated its final recommendations Tuesday for how primary care...
Meal replacement plus financial incentives found to be beneficial for teens with obesity
Medical Xpress· 22 hours agoFor adolescents with severe obesity, meal replacement therapy (MRT) plus financial incentives (FIs)...
UGA research paper suggests doctors too often pigeonhole overweight patients as unfit
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoBut American physicians aren’t receiving effective training to counsel patients on the topic, according to a new paper from University of Georgia researchers. Current medical training focuses ...
Metformin For Weight Loss: How Long Does It Take to Finally Work?
MediaFeed via AOL· 4 days agoWhen you’re motivated to lose weight and taking steps to make it happen, you want results — fast....
USPSTF Recommends Behavioral Interventions for Kids With High BMI
MedPage Today· 1 day agoFinal recommendations did not include weight-loss drugs
Why the focus on weight and body mass index can offer skewed look at health
Los Angeles Daily News· 5 days agoFor decades, healthcare in America has linked weight to health status. Since individuals with a...
Price sensitivity to unhealthy foods found to be related to BMI
Medical Xpress· 7 days agoConsumer data shows people with obesity are more price-sensitive than others when it comes to buying...