Previous reviews of childhood obesity prevention have focused largely on schools and
findings have been inconsistent. Funded by the US A gency for H ealthcare R esearch and …

Although the caloric deficits achieved by increased awareness, policy, and environmental
approaches have begun to achieve reductions in the prevalence of obesity in some …

Background Child and adolescent overweight and obesity has increased globally, and can
be associated with significant short‐and long‐term health consequences. This is an update …

Context In response to national efforts to improve quality of care, policymakers and health
care leaders have increasingly turned to quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) as an …

Objective To examine the effectiveness of a primary care–based obesity intervention over
the first year (6 intervention contacts) of a planned 2-year study. Design Cluster randomized …

Although pediatric providers have traditionally assessed and treated childhood obesity and
associated health‐related conditions in the clinic setting, there is a recognized need to …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This analysis investigates the poorly-known effect of local
prevalence of childhood obesity on mothers' perception of their children's weight status …

Abstract Purpose of Review With the growing obesity epidemic among children and
adolescents, the evaluation of disease origin to slow disease progression is necessary …

School-based childhood obesity prevention programs have grown in response to reductions
in child physical activity (PA), increased sedentariness, poor diet, and soaring child obesity …

Background: There is consensus that development and evaluation of a systems-oriented
approach for child obesity prevention and treatment that includes both primary and …