Clinical obesity, not morbid: A plea to change the diagnosis
Michelle Obama refers to childhood obesity as the tobacco of the 21st century. I agree. Obesity is quickly overtaking smoking as the nation’s No. 1 killer.
As a pediatrician who sees firsthand the impact of overweight and obese children, we need to have conversations with our patient families that focus on obesity as a clinical issue.
Right now, this isn’t happening. The rate of missed diagnosis for childhood obesity is over 95 percent, …
