New AHRQ Views Blog Post Cites Agency Efforts to Address Childhood Obesity

New AHRQ Views Blog Post Cites Agency Efforts to Address Childhood Obesity

New AHRQ Views Blog Post Cites Agency Efforts to Address Childhood Obesity A new AHRQ Views blog post highlights the Agency’s ongoing efforts to curb childhood obesity,  which HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D., has identified as one of the nation’s most pressing health  challenges. An AHRQ-funded evidence reviewwas recently used by the U.S. Preventive Services  Task Force as the basis for its recommendation statement that health providers screen for obesity  in children and teenagers. In addition, a number of measures in the Pediatric Quality Measures Program  focus on addressing the issue of childhood obesity.Access the blog post, "AHRQ’s Role in Combating Obesity" by Iris Mabry-Hernandez, M.D., M.P.H.,  senior advisor of childhood obesity initiatives at AHRQ.