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Effects of Sequential Clinician Focused Interventions on Childhood Obesity Recognition and Management

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Background: Guidelines exist for appropriate management of pediatric obesity, and include documentation of weight status at each visit and laboratory screening for associated comorbidities. However, adherence to guidelines remains low… Click to show full abstract

Background: Guidelines exist for appropriate management of pediatric obesity, and include documentation of weight status at each visit and laboratory screening for associated comorbidities. However, adherence to guidelines remains low and uneven across individual clinicians and practices. Objective: Evaluate the impact of sequential interventions on appropriate obesity recognition documentation and on adherence to management recommendations. Methods: During 2016, several obesity-related interventions (Table 1) were implemented at sites within a single large urban/suburban pediatric primary care network serving > …

Keywords: management; obesity recognition; sequential clinician; obesity; effects sequential

Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018

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