Here's How VCU Researchers are Reviving the House Call to Treat Teen Obesity
August 26, 2026
August 26, 2026
RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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Here's how VCU researchers are reviving the house call to treat teen obesity
A $3.85 million NIH trial led by Melanie Bean, Ph.D., tests whether behavior coaches on video can deliver the intensive treatment national guidelines recommend but few teens ever get.
By Christopher Richmond
More than 1 in 5 American adolescents has obesit . . .
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Here's how VCU researchers are reviving the house call to treat teen obesity
A $3.85 million NIH trial led by Melanie Bean, Ph.D., tests whether behavior coaches on video can deliver the intensive treatment national guidelines recommend but few teens ever get.
By Christopher Richmond
More than 1 in 5 American adolescents has obesit . . .