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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.
(803) 255-3400
Fax: (803) 255-3420
One, Two, Four, Seven, Fourteen and Fifteen Medical Park
3209 Colonial Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
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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
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