BACKGROUND Obesity, with its rising prevalence among Canadians and its estimated cost of $2 billion annually in Canada, is no longer considered a cosmetic issue, but a major health issue that imposes a great burden on the healthcare system and economy. This cross sectional study aims to evaluate the feasibility of identifying the weight status of 6 to 11 year-old children in a university dental...

DO PEOPLE SEEKING HEALTH CARE prefer to be called “patients” or “clients”? To try and answer this question the author surveyed 101 people attending a back-pain clinic and found that most (74) preferred “patient.” Given the implicit assumptions inherent in the use of specific labels, the author advises clinicians to evaluate carefully the attitudinal implications of using a particular term and t...

This issue of CLINICS which appears as CLINICS: REVIEWS opens a new collection of supplements to be published at a frequency of 1-3 per year. Each supplement will be dedicated to a specific medical chapter. This first issue is dedicated to Neurological and Behavioral Sciences. We believe we have been extremely fortunate in the authors who accepted to cooperate with this new development. From th...