{"id":7194,"date":"2017-06-25T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2017-06-23T08:26:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T12:26:32","slug":"all-kids-should-be-screened-for-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7194","title":{"rendered":"All Kids Should Be Screened for Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Earlier this week, an influential group of experts in preventive care\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"background: #ffffff; color: #003b79; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; border-bottom-color: #cecece; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2632511\">affirmed<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u00a0that children age 6 and older should be screened for obesity and referred to intensive treatment when necessary. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/all-kids-should-be-screened-for-obesity\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=53492648&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--gB07w2bfRP3bQnGbf0B3CNFgnq2kFQp2nBobvg-02HHLmZShW9YRPMPTujWUIivmm6JwDJ8OY_lsOb00zUFCiYSm3Yw&amp;_hsmi=53492648\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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