Creating An Innovative Staff Training Program to Meet Mbsaqip Standards for Adolescents on A General Care Pediatric Floor

Childhood overweight and obesity affect approximately 1/3 of US children. Many have one or more comorbidities such as abnormal blood pressure, dyslipidemia, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, pre-diabetes, diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, psychological problems, impaired quality of life, as well as others. Treatment of childhood obesity can be time consuming, difficult and complex and many pediatric practices have limited resources to offer interventions within an office setting.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - October 16, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Nancy Thompson, Mary Conkright Source Type: research