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- Updated guidelines for pregnancy and weight gain are largely unchanged
- Health Tip: Eating ut With a Diabetic Child
- Georgetown CCF Releases Blueprint for Addressing the Needs of …
Updated guidelines for pregnancy and weight gain are largely unchanged
Los Angeles Times
The report was requested by six major health organizations so that doctors could better advise and care for their patients. Although nothing in the report is mandatory healthcare professionals are expected to acknowledge and implement at least some of the panel’s recommendations. But several leading experts on maternal obesity and child health expressed disappointment with the document. A growing contingent of doctors says that obese women — which includes one in every five pregnant women — should gain little or no weight. “In my opinion the Institute of Medicine is missing an opportunity to address the issue of the obesity epidemic and the contribution that pregnancy makes to that epidemic” said Dr. Raul Artal chairman of the department of obstetrics gynecology and women’s health at St.
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Health Tip: Eating ut With a Diabetic Child
Atlanta Journal Constitution
But it gets trickier when the family eats at a restaurant. The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these suggestions for dining out with a diabetic child:Ask questions about what’s in a particular menu item and how it’s cooked. Ask for healthier substitutions. For example swap out fries for a salad or vegetable.
Georgetown CCF Releases Blueprint for Addressing the Needs of …
PR Web (press release)
The Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University Health Policy Institute released a report providing a blueprint for building a family-friendly health care system that addresses the unique needs of children. It recommends providing child-specific health care options for all children whether they are covered by Medicaid CHIP or a plan available through a new insurance "Exchange". The report also addresses the need to dramatically transform the way children are enrolled in health insurance.
