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Prevention and management of childhood obesity
Author(s) -
Dowden Angela
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1463
Subject(s) - medicine , childhood obesity , obesity , primary care , management of obesity , pediatrics , gerontology , family medicine , weight loss , pathology , overweight
Obesity often starts in childhood and if not tackled early, can lead to many health problems in adulthood. This article discusses the measures being taken to confront the problem of obesity in children in the UK today, and what primary care practitioners can do to help.