"Obese children and teenagers hospitalized in 2006 in the United Stated had to pay about $1200 more in hospital charges and were kept in the hospital longer than matched controls who were not obese.Stop the abuse.
The increasing prevalence of obesity and associated comorbid conditions among children and teenagers in the United States poses a significant challenge to healthcare charges and delivery, said first author Veerajalandhar Allareddy, MD, MBA, fellow in the pediatric critical care and pharmacology department, University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies Children's Hospital, in Cleveland, Ohio."
Monday, November 02, 2009
Obesity in Hospitalized Children Poses Significant Burden to Caregivers and the Healthcare System
Hey! Don't forget the nutritionally abused kids.
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