Health and Fitness

American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Pediatricians Screen for Poverty at Check-ups and Help Eliminate its Toxic Health Effects

With nearly half of young children in the United States living in or near poverty– tied to a range of lasting medical harms—the AAP launches new anti-poverty initiative

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL –(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016). Identifying poverty as one of the most widespread and persistent health risks facing children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) yesterday issued new recommendations urging doctors to ask at all well-child visits whether families are able to make ends meet.

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