Abstract

Evidence-based strategies to prevent and manage childhood and adolescent obesity in primary care include periodic measurement of weight and height, plotting body-mass index (BMI) on growth charts, and exercise and nutritional counseling. To determine if an electronic medical record (EMR) initiative at a large health maintenance organization (HMO) helped standardize pediatric weight management and counseling, researchers analyzed data from 2007 through 2010 for an average of 240,000 annual …

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