Texas Tech Health Sciences Center to host nurse workshop on childhood obesity - LubbockOnline.com

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  • July 21, 2011


A nurse workshop on childhood obesity will be 7:30 to 4:30 p.m. July 29 at the Region 17 Education Service Center, 1111 W. Loop 289.

Optimizing School Based Care of Overweight and Obese Children will be hosted by the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. The event is designed to increase nurses’ competence in assessing, preventing and managing childhood obesity and minimizing the burden of physical and emotional suffering associated with the disease.

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