title: Is your patient sick--or hungry?
abstract: With millions of Americans struggling to recover from job loss and recession, it's critical to include hunger and poverty in the medical history and physical assessment.
authors.affiliation: The Journal of Family Practice, Parsippany, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lippman
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lippman
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D008403:Mass Screening; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D010808:Physical Examination; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology