Letter
Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children
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BMJ
2006;333:1171.3
- Cardiovascular medicine
- Child health
- Childhood nutrition
- Childhood nutrition (paediatrics)
- Diabetes
- Diet
- Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric)
- Endocrinology
- Health education
- Health promotion
- Hypertension
- Lipid disorders
- Metabolic disorders
- Neurology
- Nutrition and metabolism
- Obesity (nutrition)
- Obesity (public health)
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Public health
- Reproductive medicine
- Respiratory medicine
- Sleep disorders (neurology)
- Sleep disorders (respiratory medicine)
- Thyroid disease
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Dietary and behavioural modifications in managing childhood obesity
- S Kapoor, resident physician
- 1UIC, Chicago, IL 60612, USA skapoor5@uic.edu
The article by Reilly et al provided conclusive evidence that other interventions besides enhanced physical activity are necessary for decreasing the BMI (body mass index).1 The management of childhood obesity needs a multidimensional approach including dietary modifications, behavioural modifications, and physical …
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