Preventing Obesity in Patients through Community Health Prevention Programs
Abstract Like many underserved and low socio-economic urban neighborhoods, the city of Richmond, CA faces several health-related problems, including childhood obesity, pollution and low air quality, gang violence, high unemployment, and lack of access to needed healthcare services, including substan...
Main Authors: | Umair Jamal, Cora Hoover, Candice Wong, Amin Azzam |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association of American Medical Colleges
2014-02-01
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Series: | MedEdPORTAL |
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Online Access: | http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9687 |
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