The Butt Stops Here: The Optimal Treatment For Child and Adolescent Obesity

<p>Childhood obesity is defined as the child's BMI above the 95th percentile. Obesity in children can vary in severity ranging from at risk for overweight, to overweight, to obese. Current best practice guidelines recommend incorporating physical activity, diet, and behavioral interventions for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Regrettably, information and instruction on the lifestyle changes for physical activity, diet, and other behavioral modifications are often disseminated incorrectly, delayed, underutilized or ignored in the primary care setting. Furthermore, pediatric outcomes vary depending on the guideline. In order to recommend the optimal treatment guideline for child and adolescent obesity, the literature was critiqued and synthesized. A final recommendation was developed for implementation in a primary care setting.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

DNP

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

College of Nursing

Year

2009

Author dc:creator

• Williams, Lisa TaVera

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stephanie Burgess

• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Nursing
• child and adolescent obesity
• childhood Obesity
• obese children
• obesity
• overweight children

Statement dc:rights

• © 2009, Lisa TaVera Williams

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/110

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-1111