Epidemic
Curbing the obesity epidemic
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 8th, 2007
The obesity epidemic has become a major public health problem in both industrialized countries and the developing world. Recent studies suggest that the major development of persistent adiposity is established already at pre-adolescence. The fact that obesity is mainly determined before puberty implies that preschool detection of children at risk is essential along with individual prevention programs provided by the school health services in liaison with specialists. However, few methods are available for cost-effective detection of the pre-school children at risk.
In June 20th issue of PLoS ONE, a Swedish study reports a protocol that detects with high precision 30% of...
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