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Get The Skinny on Obesity Intervention Encounters

Published on Wed Jun 14, 2023

Recognize the role of counseling and the criteria required to report it. Identifying optimal treatment is nearly impossible, which is a major reason why treating childhood obesity is difficult. However, recent studies performed by the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest that intervention is more helpful than previously thought. Diagnosing obesity requires calculation of body mass index (BMI). However, BMI coding [...]
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