How nurse intervention is tackling child obesity

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Diabetes development nurse Janet James visited schools for an hour each term to promote a simple message about high-calorie carbonated drinks and this has prevented a rise in the children's obesity. There was seven per cent increase in overweight and obese children in the control group, which was prevented in the intervention group.

Canned & Bottled Soft Drinks, Soft Drink Manufacturing, Bottled and canned soft drinks, Care and treatment, Soft drinks, Causes of, Risk factors, Obesity in children, Childhood obesity, Carbonated beverages

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A world first for nursing: the first nurse endosonographer in the world is helping pioneer a new approach to oesophageal cancer

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British clinical nurse Laura Doig is the first nurse to specialize in endosonography. She uses her skills to carefully follow the growth of esophageal tumors undergoing chemoradiotherapeutic treatment.

Management dynamics, HEALTH SERVICES, Cancer Therapy, Ambulatory Health Care Services, Methods, Innovations, Practice, Cancer treatment, Radiotherapy, Endoscopic ultrasonography, Doig, Laura

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