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16184814

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
The prevalence of clinically severe obesity in adults has been rising rapidly. We completed a needs assessment that examined the prevalence of severe obesity in a tertiary pediatric weight management clinic. The Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) Fitness Clinic, a specialty clinic treating overweight children and adolescents, is offered in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Child and Adolescent Bariatrics Center. Our hypothesis is that the ACH Fitness Clinic has a large proportion of severely overweight children and that these patients are in need of more aggressive adjuvant therapies to improve their health status. The study reported here is part of an ongoing feasibility study regarding the need for pharmacologic and surgical options for Fitness patients who are morbidly overweight and are not responding well to a behavior treatment program alone. Of the 701 overweight (BMI >95th percentile for age and gender) children and adolescents seen in Fitness Clinic over a 29-month period, 72% had a Body Mass Index (BMI) >35, which is considered severe obesity in adults.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0004-1858
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Severe obesity in children and adolescents: implications for treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics, UAMS Child and Adolescent Bariatrics Center, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article