Research ArticleOriginal Research
The Fit Family Challenge: A Primary Care Childhood Obesity Pilot Intervention
Bonnie T. Jortberg, Raquel Rosen, Sarah Roth, Luke Casias, L. Miriam Dickinson, Letoynia Coombs, Nida S. Awadallah, Meaghann K. Bernardy and W. Perry Dickinson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine July 2016, 29 (4) 434-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.04.150238
Bonnie T. Jortberg
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
Raquel Rosen
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
Sarah Roth
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
Luke Casias
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
L. Miriam Dickinson
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
Letoynia Coombs
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
Nida S. Awadallah
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
Meaghann K. Bernardy
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).
W. Perry Dickinson
the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (BTJ, LMD, LC, NSA, MKB, WPD); the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (RR, SR, LC); and Rose Family Medicine Residency Program, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (NSA, MKB).

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The Fit Family Challenge: A Primary Care Childhood Obesity Pilot Intervention
Bonnie T. Jortberg, Raquel Rosen, Sarah Roth, Luke Casias, L. Miriam Dickinson, Letoynia Coombs, Nida S. Awadallah, Meaghann K. Bernardy, W. Perry Dickinson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2016, 29 (4) 434-443; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.04.150238
The Fit Family Challenge: A Primary Care Childhood Obesity Pilot Intervention
Bonnie T. Jortberg, Raquel Rosen, Sarah Roth, Luke Casias, L. Miriam Dickinson, Letoynia Coombs, Nida S. Awadallah, Meaghann K. Bernardy, W. Perry Dickinson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2016, 29 (4) 434-443; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.04.150238
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