Increasing drug prescriptions for children's diet-related diseases
Though childhood obesity best treated by diet and exercise, data suggest that several hundred thousand children now taking medicines to treat its eventual complications, with greatest increase in Type 2 diabetes drugs. Many patients live in neighborhoods without grocery stores and attend schools that have no physical education programs. And: Series on childhood obesity (click 'See also').
The New York Times 2008-07-26
Categories: Curriculum, Diet-Related Disease, EDUCATION, HEALTH & NUTRITION
Index: acid reflux, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, attention deficit disorder, Camp Pocono Trails, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dartmouth Medical School, David Collier, diabetes, diet-related disease, Donna R. Halloran, drug dosage, East Carolina University, Express Scripts, familial hypercholesterolemia, FDA, Francine R. Kaufman, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Institute for Pediatric Innovation, Madeira Therapeutics, Medco Health Solutions, metformin, obesity, Peter R. Joiner, Russell L. Rothman, St. Louis University, statins, Stephen P. Spielberg, Tamara S. Hannon, Tony Sparber, Type 2 diabetes, Vanderbilt University, Verispan