Influencing the Childhood Behaviors That Lead to Obesity
Role of the Pediatrician and Health Care Professional
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:719-720.
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THIS ISSUE of the ARCHIVES is devoted to the problem of obesity: a chronic health condition whose behavioral antecedents begin in childhood and whose physical and emotional comorbidities often continue into adulthood. As obesity at all ages becomes more common and its lifelong consequences more apparent, there is a growing public interest in acting on this problem before adulthood. We were fortunate in having an enthusiastic response to our call for papers for this special issue and received many more than we are able to publish. We believe that the articles selected for this issue offer our readers fresh and diverse perspectives on obesity and present a role for health care professionals in dealing with this complex public health problem.
The field of pediatrics and adolescent medicine is in the unique position to influence the health of adults through interventions among children and adolescents to alter the precursors of adult . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, Editor
Department of Pediatrics
Child Health Institute
University of Washington
Box 354920
6200 NE 74th St, Suite 210
Seattle, WA 98115-8160
(e-mail: archpediatrics@jama-archives.org)
Robert Whitaker, MD, MPH
Cincinnati, Ohio
Philip M. Sherman, MD, FRCPC
Toronto, Ontario
Leona Cuttler, MD
Cleveland, Ohio
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