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Eat Well, Live Actively: A Primary Care Interventional Program For The Treatment Of Childhood Obesity, Julianne M. Randlemon
Eat Well, Live Actively: A Primary Care Interventional Program For The Treatment Of Childhood Obesity, Julianne M. Randlemon
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Over the last thirty years, childhood obesity has become one of the presiding diseases in the pediatric population. Last year the CDC (2012) reported that 12.5 million children under the age of five were not only overweight but also obese. This growing trend has been inadequately addressed by the United States preventive healthcare system. The pandemic has continued to spread: America’s obese children have substantially contributed to the ever-growing fiscal demands of health care in the United States. Olshansky et al. (2005) suggest this will in turn translate into the first generation of American adults that will be sicker and …