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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen children age 6 and older for obesity and offer them or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvement in weight status

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Developed By:

USPSTF

Healthy People 2020 Topic Area:

Nutrition and Weight Status

Healthy People 2020 Objectives:

NWS-5, NWS-5.2, NWS-10, NWS-10.1, NWS-10.2, NWS-10.3, NWS-10.4, NWS-11, NWS-11.1, NWS-11.2, NWS-11.3, NWS-11.4

Resource Type:

Systematic Review

Randomized Controlled Trial

Expert Opinion

Tags:

Effect Behavioral Change, Reduce Risk or Incidence of Disease or Condition, Healthcare, Public Health, Clinical Practice, Secondary Prevention, Patients

Citation:

Preventive Services Task Force (US); Whitlock EP, O'Connor EA, Williams SB, Beil TL, Lutz KW. Effectiveness of weight management interventions in children: a targeted systematic review for the USPSTF [Internet]. Pediatrics. 2010 Feb1 [published online 2010 Jan 18; cited 2013 Jan 17];125(2):e396-e418. Available from: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/125/2/e396.long

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Source URL: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/tools-resources/evidence-based-resource/effectiveness-weight-management-interventions-children
Source Agency: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Healthy People (ODPHP-HP)
Captured Date: 2014-10-08 20:30:17.0