Aging Better | Why back to school checkups are so important

With the back-to-school season in full swing for hundreds of thousands of students across North Georgia, parents are juggling school supplies, new schedules, and classroom prep. But before the school year gets too far underway, medical experts say there is one crucial item that shouldn’t be left off your checklist: a comprehensive wellness exam.

In the latest episode of Aging Better on ANF+, host Cyreia Sandlin sat down with Dr. Dhaval Desai, a Direct Primary Care Physician with The Atlanta Internists and pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, to discuss why early prevention is the key to a healthy, successful school year.

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