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Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and Decreasing Childhood Obesity: Increasing Physician Effectiveness Through Advocacy
Jessica Schorr Saxe
Background Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled since 1980, with almost one-third of children aged 2 to 18 years now overweight or obese. Although clinical guidelines exist for screening and counseling children, this public health crisis resides in the community. Physicians can engage with the community by advocating locally and at state and federal levels to effect environmental and policy change.