Successful childhood obesity management in primary care in Canada: what are the odds?

ABSTRACT: Background. The management of a child presenting with obesity in a primary care setting can be viewed as a multi-step behavioral process with many perceived and actual barriers for families and primary care providers. In order to achieve the goal of behavior change and, ultimately, clinically meaningful weight management outcomes in a child who is considered obese, all steps in this process should ideally be completed. We sought to review the evidence for completing each step, and to estimate the population effect of secondary prevention of childhood obesity in Canada. Methods. Data from the 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey and from a review of the literature were used to estimate the probabilities for completion of each step. A flow chart based on these probabilities was used to

SUBMITTER: Kuhle S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4662587 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature