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Mary Barton

Affiliation: Food and Drug Administration

Country: USA

Screening for obesity in children and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
Mary Barton
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Pediatrics 125:361-7. 2010
Managing multiple chronic conditions: a strategic framework for improving health outcomes and quality of life
Anand K Parekh
U S Department of Health and Human Serivices, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20201, USA
Public Health Rep 126:460-71. 2011

Screening for obesity in children and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
Mary Barton
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Pediatrics 125:361-7. 2010
..The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen children aged 6 years and older for obesity and offer them or refer them to intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote improvements in weight status (grade B recommendation)...
Managing multiple chronic conditions: a strategic framework for improving health outcomes and quality of life
Anand K Parekh
U S Department of Health and Human Serivices, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20201, USA
Public Health Rep 126:460-71. 2011
..We note how the framework's potential can be optimized through some of the provisions of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and through public-private partnerships...