Management of obesity: improvement of health-care training and systems for prevention and care

WH Dietz, LA Baur, K Hall, RM Puhl, EM Taveras… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Although the caloric deficits achieved by increased awareness, policy, and environmental
approaches have begun to achieve reductions in the prevalence of obesity in some …

The role of the pediatrician in primary prevention of obesity

SR Daniels, SG Hassink, Committee on Nutrition… - …, 2015 - publications.aap.org
This Clinical Report was revised. See https://doi. org/10.1542/peds. 2023-065480. The
adoption of healthful lifestyles by individuals and families can result in a reduction in many …

Obesity prevention and treatment in primary care

CL Brown, EM Perrin - Academic pediatrics, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite extensive public health and clinical interventions, obesity rates remain high, and
evidence-based preventive strategies are elusive. Many consensus guidelines suggest that …

Adolescent preferences for weight terminology used by health care providers

RM Puhl, MS Himmelstein - Pediatric obesity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background In light of high rates of obesity and weight stigma in youth, the American
Academy of Paediatrics recommends that paediatric health care professionals use …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood overweight and obesity: maternal perceptions of the time for engaging in child weight management

P Warschburger, K Kröller - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background There is an increasing awareness of the impact of parental risk perception on
the weight course of the child and the parent's readiness to engage in preventive efforts, but …

Cost-effectiveness of a clinical childhood obesity intervention

M Sharifi, C Franz, CM Horan, CM Giles, MW Long… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the cost-effectiveness and population impact of the national
implementation of the Study of Technology to Accelerate Research (STAR) intervention for …

School-based secondary prevention of overweight and obesity among 8-to 12-year old children: Design and sample characteristics of the SNAPSHOT trial

MY Kubik, JA Fulkerson, JR Sirard, A Garwick… - Contemporary clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rising levels of severe obesity among children, worsening disparities by race and ethnicity
and reluctance of primary care clinicians' to provide obesity management to children are …

Children's perceptions of weight, obesity, nutrition, physical activity and related health and socio-behavioural factors

CD Economos, PJ Bakun, JB Herzog, PR Dolan… - Public health …, 2014 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveApproximately one-third of children in the USA are either overweight or obese.
Understanding the perceptions of children is an important factor in reversing this trend …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood obesity screening and treatment practices of pediatric healthcare providers

AE Staiano, AM Marker, M Liu, E Hayden… - The Journal of the …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study evaluated physicians' childhood obesity screening and treatment practices. A 26-
question survey was delivered to pediatric providers in-person or via mail, e-mail, or fax …

An increasing trend in health-care professionals notifying children of unhealthy weight status: NHANES 1999–2014

AR Hansen, DT Duncan, JA Woo Baidal… - International Journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Background: Pediatric obesity prevalence remains at historically high levels. The objective
of this study was to examine secular trends in the percentages of overweight/obese children …