A shared-care model of obesity treatment for 3–10 year old children: Protocol for the HopSCOTCH randomised controlled trial

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A shared-care model of obesity treatment for 3–10 year old children: Protocol for the HopSCOTCH randomised controlled trial

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Abstract Background Despite record rates of childhood obesity, effective evidence-based treatments remain elusive. While prolonged tertiary specialist clinical input has some individual impact, these services are only available to very few children. Effective treatments that are easily accessible for all overweight and obese children in the community are urgently required. General practitioners are logical care providers for obese children but high-quality trials indicate that, even with subs...

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2012-03-01

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Wake Melissa / Lycett Kate / Sabin Matthew A / Gunn Jane / Gibbons Kay / Hutton Cathy / McCallum Zoe / York Elissa / Stringer Michael / Wittert Gary

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BMC Pediatrics

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/12/39

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Pediatrics

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