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Patient Education: This Practitioner's Ignorance of Diet, Nutrition, and Exercise: A Call to Education

Brown University School of Medicine, Swansea Family Practice Group, Swansea, Massachusetts, Martin_Miner{at}brown.edu

The delivery of preventive health care services in the wellness visits of children and adolescents fails to adequately identify the child and adolescent overweight and at risk for obesity and its subsequent comorbidities. There are multiple competing issues and barriers addressed in this article. However, a brief inventory of exercise and dietary and nutritional guidance is presented for the primary care clinician. Included are the appropriate history, physical exam, and laboratory evaluation that should encompass any child or adolescent at risk for obesity.

Key Words: nutrition • diet • exercise • children and adolescents

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Vol. 2, No. 1, 43-45 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1559827607309304


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