With practicing physicians who also teach at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, University Specialty Clinics represents a partnership between academic medicine, community hospitals, healthcare organizations and private clinicians.

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Featured Article from the May 2007 Issue of Connections Newsletter

Tackling Childhood Obesity

Blame it on the fried okra and sweet tea.

How much these Southern favorites contribute to weight gain may not be as clear cut as the fact that South Carolina ranks eighth in the nation in the rate of adult obesity. Unfortunately increasing numbers of the state's children are following in these footsteps. That's why the South Carolina Children's Hospital Collaborative (an association of the four children's hospitals in the state) created the South Carolina Institute for Childhood Obesity and Related Disorders (SCICORD) in 2006, a statewide program to prevent and treat childhood obesity and related disorders.

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Sharon Wolf (left), administrative director, SCICORD, discusses the program's goals with Dr. James Stallworth (right).

Other Articles from the May 2007 Issue of Connections

Teaching Women To Take Charge Of Their Health

Teens Achieve Success With Weight Loss

Body Contouring

Complete content of the 2007 issue of Connections