Recognition of Childhood Overweight during Health Supervision Visits: Does BMI Help Pediatricians

• Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 225 - 232
• Main Authors: Barlow, Sarah E, Bobra, Sonal R, Elliott, Michael B, Brownson, Ross C, Haire-Joshu, Debra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK The North American Association for the Study of Obesity 01.01.2007; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Body Mass Index; boys; Child; child nutrition; Child Nutrition Disorders; Child Nutrition Disorders - classification; Child Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis; Child Nutrition Disorders - diet therapy; children; Chronic illnesses; classification; Confidence Intervals; Counseling; diagnosis; diet counseling; diet therapy; exercise counseling; Families & family life; Family physicians; Female; girls; growth chart; Health care; Health facilities; health services; Humans; Identification; Male; Missouri; Nutrition research; Obesity; Obesity - classification; Obesity - diagnosis; Obesity - diet therapy; Odds Ratio; Overweight; Patients; pediatricians; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - standards; physician practice behavior; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards; questionnaires; Research methodology; Supervision; Teenagers; Missouri; St Louis Missouri; United States > US

OBJECTIVE: To assess, in diverse pediatric practices, the frequency of overweight/obesity (OW/OB) identification during health supervision visits and its association with BMI curve use. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Pediatricians in public and private practice in St. Louis, MO, participated in a...