Obesity in children is defined as a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile by the Centers for Disease and Prevention's sex-specific BMI-for-age growth charts. More than 14 million U.S. children, including 22% of adolescents, meet criteria for obesity.2 The American ...
New guidelines published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) seek to reverse that trend by placing greater emphasis on theprevention of childhood obesity, not just the treatment. The new AAP guidelines -- which replaces a set of guidelines first issued in 2003 -- urge pediatricia...
根据下文“This advice marks a shift from the organization’s previous stance of ‘watch and wait,’ and it reflects the AAP’s belief that obesity is a disease and the group’s adoption of a more proactive position on childhood obesity.(这一建议标志着该组织之前‘观望和等待’的立场发生了转变...
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to increase the recognition, diagnosis and management of overweight/obese children in primary care by increasing provider awareness of current practice guidelines set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Expert Committee Recommendations. The...
The rate of childhood obesity in the U. S. has tripled over the past 50 years. But what this trend means for children's long-term health, and what to do about it (if anything), is not so clear. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) made waves this year by recommending that ...
researchers have examined the alignment of state child care licensing regulations with evidence-based practice on promoting safe sleep (Benjamin Neelon et al.,2014; Moon et al.,2001) breast feeding (Benjamin Neelon et al.,2015); physical activity (Duffey et al.,2014), and obesity prevention ...
All measures were similar between cases and controls other than a significantly higher BMI (p = 0.01) and rates of obesity (p = 0.03), and a difference of near-significance in any family history of EH (p = 0.05) higher in cases compared to controls. The odds of obesity ...
Studies also suggest that DF in childhood may be useful in preventing and treating obesity and also in lowering blood cholesterol levels, both of which may help reduce the risk of future cardiovascular disease. In adults, a high-fiber, low-fat diet has been linked to reduced rates of colon ...
Good Housekeeping's Editor in Chief sat down with the mother of two to learn more about her latest project, a compelling film about our childhood-obesity epidemic.
The causes are clear. Childhood obesity rates rose from 5% in the late 1970s to 19.7% in 2020, according to the CDC. This is a major risk factor for hypertension, as are poor nutrition, a sedentary lifestyle, too much sodium, poor sleep, energy drinks packed with sugar and caffeine, ...