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ACPM ENDORSES NUTRITIONAL RATING SYSTEM

The ACPM Board of Regents has voted to endorse the NuValTM Nutritional Scoring System, a rating system that helps consumers, at-a-glance, know the nutritional value of the food products they buy.  The action marks the first time an independent medical/public health organization with national stature has endorsed a non-federal nutrition guidance system. 
 

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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RRC RELEASES DRAFT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Preventive Medicine Residency Review Committee (RRC) has released for public comment proposed revisions to preventive medicine residency training requirements.  The ACGME called for the review of Preventive Medicine and several other specialties in light of the changing regulatory and physician quality assurance landscape in organized medicine.

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TASK FORCE UPDATES PEDIATRIC OBESITY SCREENING RECOMMENDATION

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released an update of its 2005 recommendation on pediatric obesity screening, recommending that clinicians now screen children aged 6 years and older for obesity and offer them or refer them to comprehensive, intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote improvement in weight status.  The task force assigned a “B" rating to this recommendation. 
 

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