The Need for Better Obesity Education?In Medical Schools

About one third of U.S. children, and two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, and by 2030, about half of the U.S. population could be in those categories. The authors of the Perspective, Dr. James Colbert at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Dr. Sushrut Jangi at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, argue that chronic illnesses like obesity are becoming increasingly prominent in doctors’ offices throughout the country, but that “physicians-in-training frequently fail to recognize obesity” and its consequences. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)

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