Text messages meeting people where they are allow children to avoid becoming obese, Elizabeth Tracey reports

16/12/2024 1 min
Text messages meeting people where they are allow children to avoid becoming obese, Elizabeth Tracey reports

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Childhood obesity is a worldwide problem with long term health implications, especially cardiovascular disease. Now a study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin has shown a personalized program of text messages to parents of very young infants staved … Text messages meeting people where they are allow children to avoid becoming obese, Elizabeth Tracey reports »

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