Background At least two million Canadian children meet established criteria for weight
management. Due to the adverse health consequences of obesity, most pediatric weight …

BACKGROUND: Many families referred to specialized health services for managing
paediatric obesity do not initiate treatment; however, reasons for noninitiation are poorly …

Objective To explore parents' reasons for discontinuing tertiary-level care for paediatric
weight management. Methods Participants were parents of 10–17 year olds (body mass …

The rise in childhood obesity in recent years has been accompanied by a number of
initiatives to treat the condition. However, such interventions have often been characterised …

Objective To explore parents' recommendations to enhance enrollment in multidisciplinary
clinical care for managing pediatric obesity. Study design Data for this interpretative …

Background: Clinical practice guidelines for pediatric weight management highlight the
importance of family-based behavioral strategies to enhance health behaviors. Little is …

Background Pediatric providers are key players in the treatment of childhood obesity, yet
rates of obesity management in the primary care setting are low. The goal of this study was …

Background. The management of a child presenting with obesity in a primary care setting
can be viewed as a multi-step behavioral process with many perceived and actual barriers …

Background Few children with obesity who are referred for weight management end up
enroled in treatment. Factors enabling enrolment are poorly understood. Our purpose was to …

Background: Obesity is a chronic multifactorial disease affecting approximately one in five
youth. Many pediatric clinical strategies focus on behavioral change/lifestyle modification …