Childhood Obesity is Not Child Abuse: Sizable Issues

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Childhood Obesity is Not Child Abuse: Sizable Issues

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This week, JAMA published a commentary (authored by Lindsey Murtagh and David Ludwig), discussing extreme cases of childhood obesity where state intervention (e.g., child protection services) may be warranted. While the authors wrote that sta

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