title: Pediatric Obesity in Early Childhood: A Physician Screening Tool.
abstract: Obesity is a public health crisis and continues to affect youth of increasingly younger ages. With significant medical and psychosocial comorbidities, it is critical that front-line providers feel confident in their abilities to assess, and appropriately refer, children and families to subspecialties to aid in weight management treatment. This article describes the development and utility of a 1-page screening tool for pediatricians and other providers. Utilizing research, clinical experience, and consensus opinion, a brief tool was developed that could be incorporated into medical visits to facilitate medical care decisions and management of pediatric obesity.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center/Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA msantos@connecticutchildrens.org.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Adelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cadieux
authors.affiliation: Dell Children's Medical Center.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods
keywords: pediatric obesity; pediatricians; toolkit