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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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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

I don’t have access to change the levers of government. And this is, of course, an old and foundational idea about clinical practice. And maybe there is a need for a paradigm shift of moving away from screening for dementia versus a brain health type of approach. Eric 19:56 Okay, but I’m a primary care provider.

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