Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , October 2010

Medical nutrition therapy for overweight youth in their medical home: The KIDPOWER experience

  • Sarah T. Henes

      Affiliations

    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Pediatrics, Greenville, USA
    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville, USA
  • ,
  • David N. Collier

      Affiliations

    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Pediatrics, Greenville, USA
    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville, USA
  • ,
  • Susan L. Morrissey

      Affiliations

    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Pediatrics, Greenville, USA
    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville, USA
  • ,
  • Doyle M. Cummings

      Affiliations

    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Pediatrics, Greenville, USA
    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville, USA
  • ,
  • Kathryn M. Kolasa

      Affiliations

    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Pediatrics, Greenville, USA
    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 4N70 Brody, Department of Family Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. Tel.: +1 252 744 1358/5462; fax: +1 252 744 3040.

Received 24 May 2009 ,Revised 3 November 2009 ,Accepted 6 November 2009.

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PII: S0738-3991(09)00588-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.11.011

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , October 2010