Diagnosis and Screening for Obesity-Related Conditions Among Children Receiving Medicaid

This report was published in the April 11, 2014, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported that between 2005 and 2010, more than 35% of children age two through 19 enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program were overweight or obese, but few received a lipid panel test . . .