title: Physician Perspectives on Obesity Screening in Hospitalized Children.
abstract: Nearly one-third of the children in the United States are obese or overweight and face associated physical and mental health issues.(1,2) Parents often misperceive and underreport their child's weight status.(3-5) This misperception is a major barrier to increasing healthy lifestyle choices, such as limiting screen time, increasing physical activity, improving diet, and participating in prevention programs.(6-8) Increasing parental awareness of children's weight status is an important initial step in addressing the obesity epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA dialee@montefiore.org.
authors.forename: Diana S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Elissa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rinke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States