Obesity/Overweight
Parental Predictions and Perceptions Regarding Long-Term Childhood Obesity-Related Health Risks
To assess how parents perceive long-term risks for developing obesity-related chronic health conditions.Material Hardship and Internal Locus of Control Over the Prevention of Child Obesity in Low-Income Hispanic Pregnant Women
To determine the relations between household material hardships and having a low internal locus of control over the prevention of child obesity in low-income Hispanic pregnant women.Are Graduating Pediatric Residents Prepared to Engage in Obesity Prevention and Treatment?
Little information is available to gauge residents' perceived receipt of comprehensive training and preparedness to manage children with obesity in practice.Association Between Meat and Meat-Alternative Consumption and Iron Stores in Early Childhood
To prevent iron deficiency, 2014 Canadian recommendations for healthy term infants from 6 to 24 months recommend iron-rich complementary foods such as meat and meat alternatives 2 or more times a day. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the association between meat and meat-alternative consumption and iron status in young children and the association between red meat consumption and iron status among children meeting recommendations.Hospitalization: Are We Missing an Opportunity to Identify Food Insecurity in Children?
Food security is the ability to access sufficient food to maintain a healthy, active life. Previous studies link food insecurity with adverse health outcomes. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of food insecurity, identify sociodemographic risk factors, and quantify receipt of public nutrition assistance among recently hospitalized children in the United States.Association of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms With Health Care Utilization and Payer-Incurred Expenditures
Screening adolescents for depression is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force. We sought to evaluate the impact of positive depression screens in an adolescent population on health care utilization and costs from a payer perspective.Primary-Care Weight-Management Strategies: Parental Priorities and Preferences
To examine parental perspectives/rankings of the most important weight-management clinical practices and to determine whether preferences/rankings differ when parents disagree that their child is overweight.Health Care Utilization by Body Mass Index in a Pediatric Population
We tested the hypothesis that the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits, outpatient clinic visits, and hospitalizations were higher among children with higher body mass index (BMI) categories, even after controlling for demographics, socioeconomic status, and presence of other chronic medical conditions.Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Students for Nutrition and eXercise (SNaX)
To examine the cost and cost-effectiveness of implementing Students for Nutrition and eXercise (SNaX), a 5-week middle school–based obesity-prevention intervention combining school-wide environmental changes, multimedia, encouragement to eat healthy school cafeteria foods, and peer-led education.Accuracy of Weight Perceptions in a Nationally Representative Cohort of US 8th Grade Adolescents
To describe the accuracy of weight perceptions in a nationally representative sample of US 8th graders, its relationship with weight control intentions (WCI), and the relationship of weight misperceptions and WCI with diet and activity behaviors.Treatment Interventions for Early Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review
With 25% of preschool-age children in the United States being overweight or obese, effective interventions for these children would have significant public health implications. Randomized trials targeting this age group have been performed since the last systematic review.Table of Contents
353 Treatment Interventions for Early Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review Byron A. Foster, Jill Farragher, Paige Parker, and Erica T. SosaOverweight and Obesity in a Sample of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
To determine the prevalence of overweight/obese status in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), identify associated characteristics, and develop a model to predict weight status.Active and Healthy Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Tailored Obesity Intervention for Latino Children
There is a critical need for culturally relevant interventions to address obesity among Latino children, who have a greater risk of obesity and diabetes than non-Hispanic white children. To test the impact of a family-centered, culturally tailored obesity intervention delivered through group medical appointments on body mass index (BMI) and other measures of cardiovascular risk among Latino children.Family-Based Obesity Treatment in Children With Disabilities
To assess the relative effectiveness of an interdisciplinary, family-centered, tertiary-care pediatric weight management program for the treatment of patients with and without cognitive disabilities (CD).Asthma in US Mexican-Origin Children in Early Childhood: Differences in Risk and Protective Factors by Parental Nativity
Over 900,000 Mexican-origin children in the United States have asthma, but little is known about the extent to which development of this condition reflects early childhood exposure to social and environmental risks. The objectives of this research are to demonstrate the roles of risk and protective factors in the prevalence and severity of asthma in this population and provide comparisons with other racial/ethnic groups.Latino Parents' Perceptions of Weight Terminology Used in Pediatric Weight Counseling
To identify which English and Spanish terms Latino parents consider motivating, as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate, for provider use during weight counseling of overweight and obese Latino youth.Population-Level Obesity Surveillance: Monitoring Childhood Body Mass Index z-Score in a Safety-Net System
To determine the utility of repeated patient-level body mass index (BMI) measurements among higher-risk patients seen at safety-net clinics as a community-level monitoring tool for overweight and obesity population trends.Exploring Innovative Approaches and Patient-Centered Outcomes From Positive Outliers in Childhood Obesity
New approaches for obesity prevention and management can be gleaned from positive outliers—that is, individuals who have succeeded in changing health behaviors and reducing their body mass index (BMI) in the context of adverse built and social environments. We explored perspectives and strategies of parents of positive outlier children living in high-risk neighborhoods.Parental Guidance Advised: Associations Between Parental Television Limits and Health Behaviors Among Obese Children
To examine associations between parental limits on TV viewing and child health behaviors.Sex Differences in Adult Outcomes by Changes in Weight Status From Adolescence to Adulthood: Results From Add Health
Changes in weight status from adolescence to adulthood may be associated with varying social, vocational, economic, and educational outcomes, which may differ by sex. We studied whether there are differences in adult outcomes by sex for different weight status changes in the transition to adulthood.Interaction between Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Shapes Infant Growth
To quantify the combined effect of maternal prepregnancy obesity and maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) on the shape of infant growth throughout the first year of life.Middle School Student Attitudes About School Drinking Fountains and Water Intake
To describe middle school student attitudes about school drinking fountains, investigate whether such attitudes are associated with intentions to drink water at school, and determine how intentions relate to overall water intake.Patient Reported Outcomes as Indicators of Pediatric Health Care Quality
Health care reform has increased demand for pediatric health care quality evaluations, particularly those that assess the impact of care on patient and population health outcomes. Many of today's most common childhood conditions are characterized by symptoms, behaviors, and functional limitations that are best assessed as patient reported outcomes (PROs). Although they remain greatly underutilized, PROs have the potential to improve pediatric health care quality assessment at the point of care and through system-level performance evaluations.
