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USPSTF recommends intensive behavioral change for obesity

(HealthDay)—Primary care physicians should offer or refer obese patients to intensive behavioral interventions, according to a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) final recommendation statement published in the Sept. 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Susan J. Curry, Ph.D., from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and USPSTF colleagues updated […]