InterfaceSouth Post: Pediatrician has prescription to fight obesity

Some of Dr. Maria Brown's young patients won't be getting a prescription they can fill at a pharmacy.

Instead, they'll be instructed to fill their lungs with fresh air, feel the sunlight on their skin and stretch their muscles in the great outdoors. They will be told to walk around the block, visit a nature center or take a bike ride with their parents.

Brown is a nature champion, trained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to teach other health care providers at St. Agnes Hospital about the benefits of getting children outside to combat obesity and accompanying diseases such as diabetes and asthma.

Source: The Baltimore Sun

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