Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works

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Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 01/18/2010 - 02:22

CHICAGO (AP) -- An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight - a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children....

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