‘That scares me’: New childhood obesity guidelines still face a long road to consensus
Experts told STAT that the new pediatric obesity guidelines were out of touch with reality, recommending treatments that are inaccessible to most, and relying on physicians who might not have…
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The rise of childhood obesity in the United States did not happen quickly. But, to medicine, “it sort of cropped up overnight,” says Bob Siegel, a pediatric obesity specialist at Cincinnati Children’s.
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