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PURLS: How best to help kids lose weight
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PURLS: How best to help kids lose weight
J Fam Pract.
2010 Jul.
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Screen children and adolescents for obesity and offer them multifaceted weight loss interventions, based on new evidence (and a recent US Preventive Services Task Force [USPSTF] recommendation) of their effectiveness. Consider adding a weight loss medication as further help for adolescents.
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