Preventing Obesity in Patients through Community Health Prevention Programs

• Main Authors: Umair Jamal (Author), Cora Hoover (Author), Candice Wong (Author), Amin Azzam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...