Effects of a Brief Physician Delivered Counseling on Childhood Obesity

Dr Sunetra Mondal1, Dr Sudip Chatterjee2 1.Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Institue of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata 2. Department of Endocrinology & MetabolismThe Park Clinic, Kolkata Introduction Dietary habits play a significant role in exogenous obesity in chIldhood. Multiple studies have confirmed the short and intermediate beneficial effects of modification of eating patterns and dietary constituents on childhood obesity but inclusion of caregivers in the intervention strategy is very important.1,2 In the resource constrained setting of a general endocrine clinic, a brief counseling session was offered to all overweight children .