Open AccessObesity prevention and the primary care pediatrician's office
Author(s) -
Eliana M. Perrin,
Joanne Finkle,
John T. Benjamin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
current opinion in pediatrics, with evaluated medline/current opinion in pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.817
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1080-8116
pISSN - 1040-8703
DOI - 10.1097/mop.0b013e328151c3e9
Subject(s) - medicine , motivational interviewing , overweight , childhood obesity , obesity , family medicine , breastfeeding , primary care , screen time , medline , pediatrics , physical activity , physical therapy , nursing , intervention (counseling) , political science , law
The obesity epidemic confronts the pediatrician every day in the office. Pediatricians should help curb the epidemic through prevention and the usual pediatric primary care tasks of screening, communication and anticipatory counseling. This review highlights findings from recent literature to guide office-based prevention of obesity in children.