Obesity

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The Obesity Prevention and Control Program & the Pennsylvania Medical Society The Obesity Prevention and Control Program worked with the Pennsylvania Medical Society to offer CME /CEU credits to healthcare professionals through their Counter Details program. The objectives of the Pediatric Obesity Management (July 2008) Counter Details are to help healthcare professionals: Identify the scope of the problem with pediatric obesity management. Review the latest Clinical Treatment Guidelines of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity for integration into their practice. Formulate strategies to effectively communicate the problem to the primary care setting. Identify links with appropriate treatment resources. Review a best practice physician initiative to heighten awareness of physician participation. View http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/CounterDetails/Pediatricobesity.aspx to review this issue of Counter Details.