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    Screening for Weight Problems



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    1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2010). Screening for obesity in children and adolescents. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspschobes.htm.

    2. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2003). Screening and interventions to prevent obesity in adults. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsobes.htm.

    3. Purnell JQ (2008). Obesity. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 3, chap. 10. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.

    4. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (2000). The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (NIH Publication No. 00-4084). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/prctgd_c.pdf.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference April 13, 2011
    Medical Review: Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator


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