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Primary Care Utilization in Native American Communities: Challenges and Opportunities [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Included articles were published in English-language peer reviewed journals from 1978 until 2023. Setting or Dataset: Articles published in English-language peer reviewed journals from 1978 until 2023. Population Studied: AI/AN patients residing in the USA.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

When a child has risk factors but has not developed the disease, we must continue to provide preventive care and support for the family and appropriately match intensity and dose of the intervention. What modifications would you recommend to clinicians? This starts with recognition that obesity is a chronic disease.