Poland

1. Is the paediatric practice public or private?

2. Is it mandatory?

3. Is the paediatric practice only confided to paediatrician or can a general practitioner take it in charge?

4. Lists of paediatric centres / associations

 

Prevention of childhood obesity in Poland

There is no specific nationwide program concerning prevention of childhoods obesity, although the problem is recognized by several authorities, as a disease by paediatric endocrinologists, and as general by dieticians and paediatricians, but it is local activity.