title: Pediatric overweight or obesity: does the label really matter?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the issue of early identification of overweight and obesity in infants and young children and provide some clinical recommendations based on the current evidence and the World Health Organization's (WHO) newly released guidelines for growth and development.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparison of the growth charts from the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control as well as current literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although healthcare providers and the general public recognize overweight and obesity as serious problems, there is still disagreement on what constitutes obesity in infants and young children and when and how to intervene. More research on interventions and outcomes is particularly needed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The primary care provider deals with the sequelae of obesity on a daily basis. Some recommendations are provided for nurse practitioners who care for infants and children based on current evidence and expert opinion.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA. jwaldrop@unc.edu
authors.forename: Julee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waldrop
authors.forename: Laurie Anne
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D012660:Semantics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology