ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mailed Toolkit to Increase Use of Body Mass Index Percentiles to Screen for Childhood Obesity

Age of Child, y	Baseline Survey		Follow-Up Survey
Age of Child, y	Intervention, %	Control, %	Intervention, %	Control, %
2-5	26	27	39	29
6-11	31	32	45	35
12-20	37	36	51	43

Figure 2. Percentage of New York State physicians who reported routine (always or most of the time) use of body mass index-for-age percentiles to screen for childhood obesity, by children’s age group.

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mailed Toolkit to Increase Use of Body Mass Index Percentiles to Screen for Childhood Obesity

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mailed Toolkit to Increase Use of Body Mass Index Percentiles to Screen for Childhood Obesity