Behavioral Weight Loss Interventions May Prevent Obesity
The USPSTF recommends that clinicians refer adults with a body mass index of 30 or higher to intensive, multicompetent behavioral interventions.
Behavioral Therapy
Better integration of behavioral health, primary care needed
Payment barriers and insurance coverage gaps pose challenges.
Primary-care providers key in preventing sexually transmitted infections
USPSTF recommends that providers offer behavioral interventions to patients at high risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections.
The challenges of identifying Prader-Willi syndrome
Children with this condition develop an insatiable appetite that leads to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and behavioral problems when not treated.
Kids with ADHD often have autisic traits
About one in five children and adolescents with ADHD show signs of autism.
CDC: One in eight U.S. women binge drink
Although more men binge drink than women, health risk is greater among women due to physiologic differences and risk for unintended pregnancy.
Making sense of mass shootings
Efforts to end gun violence in Newtown’s wake must address ‘culture of violence.’
Help kids who are bullied or bullies
Bullying can begin as early as kindergarten, and it can affect all children regardless of race, gender and socioeconomic status.
Information-based society contributes to obesity
Greater investment in information technology correlates with increases in obesity.
Pets help kids with autism improve social skills
Getting a pet may help people with autism improve their social skills, particularly with offering to share and offering comfort, study results suggest.
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