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

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