A panel of experts has updated their recommendations for doctors screening children for obesity. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends intensive behavioral interventions for kids aged ...

(HealthDay News) — Primary care physicians should offer or refer obese patients to intensive behavioral interventions, according to a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) final recommendation ...

The task force stated that people in this age group with a high BMI (95% or greater) should receive at least 26 hours of "comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions." "The USPSTF concludes with ...

Solidifying its previous draft statement, the USPSTF recommended "with moderate certainty" that providing or referring children and adolescents ages 6 years and older with a BMI at or over the 95th ...

In a recent statement published in JAMA, researchers at the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) discussed the high prevalence of obesity among adolescents and children in the US, particularly ...

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tape measure and BMI calculator The USPSTF recommends that clinicians refer adults with a body mass index of 30 or higher to intensive, multicompetent behavioral interventions. The US Preventive ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has drafted recommendations for behavioral treatment for children and adolescents with high body mass index. The drafted recommendations would provide or refer ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians screen for obesity in children and adolescents 6 years and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral ...

The fifth paper in The Lancet Series on HIV in people who use drugs looks at the relationship between amphetamine drug use and HIV. Among the conclusions are that because of the increased HIV risk ...