The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 596-601.e1 , April 2009

Promoting Growth Interpretation and Lifestyle Counseling in Primary Care

  • Adolfo J. Ariza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Adolfo J. Ariza, MD, 2300 Children's Plaza, No. 157, Chicago, IL 60614
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  • Kathleen M. Laslo, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • J. Scott Thomson, MLIS

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Roopa Seshadri, PhD, AM

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Helen J. Binns, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Pediatric Practice Research Group

      Affiliations

    • A list of members of the Pediatric Practice Research Group is available in the Acknowledgments.

Received 16 July 2008 ,Revised 27 August 2008 ,Accepted 2 October 2008.

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 Current Affiliation: Laslo is currently with Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, IL. Thomson is currently with Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL. Seshadri is no longer employed at Children's Memorial Research Center.

 Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Prescriptions for Health program grant no. 49050. Funding for development of the manual “Health for a Lifetime: A Reference Manual for Primary Care—Prevention and Management of Childhood Overweight” was provided by a grant to Children's Memorial Medical Center from the Illinois Department of Public Aid, Excellence in Academic Medicine Program. The study sponsor did not participate in study design, data processes, report writing or manuscript submission decision. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.002

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 596-601.e1 , April 2009

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