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A Childhood Obesity Program in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers

Author: McClaskey, Erica L.
Date Published: 2010


This column describes how two federally qualified health centers used a modified version of a nationally known obesity prevention called We Can to implement childhood obesity clinics.The most successful future initiatives will likely include the family, the community, and community health centers working collaboratively in order to overcome the challenges of obesity in economically disadvantages populations.

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