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Children and Obesity -- Should Every Child Be Screened?
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Title Children and Obesity -- Should Every Child Be Screened?
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572403?src=rss
Description Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, and of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, reports on screening children for obesity.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Category Articles > Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Date Apr 22, 2008
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