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Obesity Resources

In the United States, obesity has risen at an epidemic rate in recent decades. Overweight children, defined as those with a Body Mass Index (BMI = kg/m2) ≥95% using the 2000 CDC growth charts, are at higher risk of developing health related issues. As many as 16% of children, ages 6 to 19 years, are overweight, and an additional 15% of children in the same age range are at risk of being overweight (defined as between 85-95% BMI). Childhood obesity is associated with Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome (elevated lipids, increased blood pressure, and impaired glucose tolerance), and with persistent obesity in adulthood.

Obesity among children and youth is a serious issue for NY State and for our local communities and is also health priority for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester. Our goal is to provide you with background materials and links to the best available evidence for effective interventions for pediatric primary care. Tools and systems change strategies are needed to improve the quality of clinical interventions for children and their families.  Changes in public policy and in attitudes about our ability to change these outcomes are also needed to develop the political will to change obesity among youth.  

Resources

Please check back regularly as we will continue to add resources and up to date information to our site.

• RWJ White Paper
  A literature review on screening for childhood obesity in primary care
• NICHQ Obesity Site
  The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality Accelerating Improvement in Childhood Obesity Website
• NY State Department of Health

Tools

• 5A Counseling Tool for Primary Care Practices
  We have created a decision tool to guide behavior change interventions for overweight and obese children. This tool is adapted from similar tools used for smoking cessation counseling which uses the Public Health Service 5A model (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange). Clinicians report that this tool helps assess a patient and family's readiness to change and engages the patient in active decision making.

 

 

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