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Pediatricians say advice to obese kids and families falls on deaf ears

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 30th, 2007

Pediatricians who talk to obese patients and their families about losing weight feel their conversation makes little difference in encouraging a lifestyle change, a small Saint Louis University study finds.

“Pediatricians feel as if their efforts are futile,” says Sarah Barlow, M.D., the lead author of the study who also is an associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and pediatric obesity specialist at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

“Despite their best efforts to provide families with good advice, doctors find families lack the motivation or are so overwhelmed with the stresses of daily life that...

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