Open AccessWhat Does the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Mean for Children with Special Health Care Needs?
Author(s) -
Minihan Paula M.,
Fitch Sarah N.,
Must Aviva
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of law, medicine & ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1748-720X
pISSN - 1073-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2007.00113.x
Subject(s) - safeguarding , special needs , health care , government (linguistics) , medicine , obesity , work (physics) , population , special populations , childhood obesity , environmental health , nursing , psychology , psychiatry , economic growth , overweight , psychotherapist , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , economics
Bringing the 12.8% of children with special healthcare needs into the national response to the childhood obesity epidemic will require new information, a view of health promotion beyond that which occurs within healthcare systems, and services and supports in addition to the multi‐sectoral strategies presently designed for children overall. These efforts are necessary to protect the health of the nation's 9.4 million children with special health care needs now and long‐term.