Childhood overweight: management approaches in young children

Management of overweight in young children may be our best opportunity for confronting the nationwide epidemic of childhood obesity. Doing so will require all health care providers to improve their identification, assessment, and guidance on this issue. As a group, we must make it a priority to obta...

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Published in:Pediatric annals 2004-01, Vol.33 (1), p.33-38
Main Authors: Ariza, Adolfo J, Greenberg, Robert S, Unger, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Therapy - methods
Body Composition
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Definitions
Diet
Early Intervention
Family Environment
Food
Humans
Intervention
Life Style
Motor Activity
Nutrition
Obesity
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - therapy
Parenting
Parents
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - methods
Physical Examination - methods
Preferences
Professional-Family Relations
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment - methods
Scientific Concepts
Television Viewing
Video Games
Young Children
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Summary:Management of overweight in young children may be our best opportunity for confronting the nationwide epidemic of childhood obesity. Doing so will require all health care providers to improve their identification, assessment, and guidance on this issue. As a group, we must make it a priority to obtain height and weight measurements on every child and to interpret them correctly. We must be comprehensive in our medical investigation in order to uncover identifiable causes and recognize comorbidities. Most of all, we must motivate families, as a whole, to confront this issue with us by increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary behaviors, and improving eating practices. As health professionals in a society that is not yet poised to fight this epidemic, we must lead the way.
ISSN:0090-4481
1938-2359
DOI:10.3928/0090-4481-20040101-10