title: Childhood obesity: the challenges for nurses.
abstract: Obesity is one of the biggest challenges facing UK children's nurses today. However, it is a problem borne of many causes and requiring multi-level interventions. It is important for children's nurses to understand the underlying causes of patients' weight issues and how to engage with young people and their families to achieve a healthy weight. Nurses must be willing to engage in policy debates about whether the UK governments are doing enough to combat what has been termed 'the obesity epidemic'.
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Penn
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology