Pharmaceuticals should be the last resort after therapies and behavioral interventions, Pavuluri said.

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The stakes are too high for support staff to just learn a cookbook of academic and behavioral interventions that may address the presenting problem but may not provide the needed solution.

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We use the nationally recognized Project Wisdom Character Education program and the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) system to teach students how to make good choices and be rewarded for such choices.

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"Pediatricians and other healthcare providers who work with adolescents need to be aware of, and follow through with, screening guidelines and recommendations for obesity and also other cardiovascular risk factors, and suggest appropriate behavioral interventions, " May says.

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