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June 20, 2017JAMA492 citations

Screening for Obesity and Intervention for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents

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EOElizabeth O’ConnorCECorinne V. EvansBBBrittany U Burda

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Abstract

Lifestyle-based weight loss interventions with 26 or more hours of intervention contact are likely to help reduce excess weight in children and adolescents. The clinical significance of the small benefit of medication use is unclear.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d73c53f07a12db70b8a78dhttps://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.0332
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