The Checkup: How Not To Talk To A Child Who Is Overweight

PERRI KLASS, M.D., NY Times: Health
Mon, 11/20/2017 - 12:47am

Doctors walk a difficult line as they try to discuss the fraught subject of weight without increasing the distress that many children already feel.

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