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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS: Childhood obesity is associated with physical and psychosocial comorbidities that negatively affect the child’s health and quality of life. This starts with recognition that obesity is a chronic disease. PW : How can early obesity prevention improve the future of pediatric care?

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Just think about something like a nurse visit, a nursing visit, or a physical therapy visit. Annals of Int Med. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

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Evidence v. Belief: What a Kennedy Appointment Could Mean to FDA and Public Health

FDA Law

Rates of chronic disease are high, as is obesity. Incentives to motivate better nutritional choices and increase physical fitness would be welcome. Kennedy’s tag line is that he and Trump will “Make America Healthy Again.” This seems like a reasonable goal, as most people can probably agree that America is not healthy.