The US Preventive Services Task Force has concluded that screening adults for obesity and offering them intensive, multicomponent behavioural interventions is beneficial. Although welcome, given the current obesity epidemic, are the recommendations too little too late?
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Frühbeck, G. Screening for the evident in obesity. Nat Rev Endocrinol 8, 570–572 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2012.165
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