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Influential Advisory Panel says Children Should be Screened, Sent to Intensive Behavior Treatment

(AP)   An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight - a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children.

Treating obese kids can help them lose weight, the panel of doctors said in issuing new guidelines Monday. But that's only if it involves rigorous diet, activity and behavior counseling.Just five years ago, the same panel - the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - found few benefits from pediatric obesity programs. Since then, the task force said, studies have shown success.

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