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

PERRI KLASS, M.D., NY Times: Health
Sun, 11/19/2017 - 10:01pm

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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