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1. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2012 - Weight Category BMI Examples Healthy weight 18.5 to 24.9 • A woman 5’5” tall and 132 lbs has a BMI … When the Task Force recommends screening (Grades A or B), it is because the screening has more potential … all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings … Grade B 1 Notes screening Measuring height and weight and calculating BMI. … /bmi/ http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/ http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics

2. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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   June 15, 2017 - Screening for Skin Cancer Figure. … Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary Population Children and adolescents … Screening Tests BMI measurement, using height and weight, is the recommended screening test for obesity … Obesity is defined as an age- and sex-specific BMI in the 95th percentile or greater. … Abbreviation: BMI=body mass index.

3. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 11, 2005 - using body mass index (BMI) and use of BMI growth curves to identify obese and overweight children. … of high BMI occurs, screening, counseling, and referral rates for obese and overweight children and … Although BMI is a convenient and widely agreed-upon measure of obesity, it is not clear what BMI at any … BMI in childhood correlates with BMI in adulthood. … Screening using a BMI or BMI percentile cut-off will miss these children.

4. Recommendation: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 18, 2024 - This recommendation is consistent with the 2017 USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for obesity … The USPSTF has issued recommendation statements on screening for high blood pressure in children and … adolescents, screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents, and screening for prediabetes … pressure in children and adolescents, 7 screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents, … and the use of BMI for assessment/screening.

5. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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   January 12, 2010 - Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation SCREENING … Grade: B Screening tests BMI is calculated from the weight in kilograms divided by the … BMI percentile can be plotted on a chart or obtained from online calculators. … BMI at ≥95th percentile Timing of screening No evidence was found on appropriate screening … Harms of screening were judged to be minimal.

6. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 15, 2010 - Grade: B Screening Tests BMI is calculated from the weight in kilograms divided by the square … BMI at ≥95th percentile Timing of Screening No evidence was found on appropriate screening intervals … Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI was an acceptable measure for … Screening Intervals No evidence was found regarding appropriate intervals for screening. … Accuracy of Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found that BMI (calculated as weight in kilograms

7. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   November 03, 2003 - Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Obesity in Adults: Screening … Thus, the USPSTF specifically defined screening as the measurement of BMI by the clinician with the purpose … BMI. … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment The USPTF did not find studies evaluating the harms of screening … Screening and Interventions for Obesity in Adults .

8. Archived: Obesity: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 01, 1996 - Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Obesity: Screening … PDF Version and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy of Screening … Such screening may also assist with counseling other patients regarding maintaining a healthy weight. … There are inadequate data to determine the optimal frequency of obesity screening, and this is best left … There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against determination of the WHR as a routine screening

9. Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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   July 01, 2005 - Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Systematic Review Screening and Interventions … We did not find adequate evidence meeting our criteria to address the impact of BMI screening and/or … of screening, including labeling? … Screening - Poor. 2a. … Screening harms - Poor.

10. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2005 - using body mass index (BMI) and use of BMI growth curves to identify obese and overweight children. … of high BMI occurs, screening, counseling, and referral rates for obese and overweight children and … Although BMI is a convenient and widely agreed-upon measure of obesity, it is not clear what BMI at … BMI in childhood correlates with BMI in adulthood. … Screening using a BMI or BMI percentile cut-off will miss these children.

11. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 11, 2005 - and adult BMI measures. … group showed a modest decrease in BMI (-0.27 +/- 1.37 kg/m 2 ). 29 A good-quality RCT compared BMI … There is insufficient evidence on the harms of screening. … Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight . … BMI for children and teens. 2008.

12. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 12, 2005 - The overall evidence is poor for the direct effects of screening (and intervention) programs (KQ1), screening … We did not find adequate evidence meeting our criteria to address the impact of BMI screening and/or … Arrow 3: What are the adverse effects of screening, screening, including labeling? … Screening - Poor 2a. … Screening harms - Poor.

13. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendations Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2010 - Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendations Statement Screening for Obesity … Grade: B Screening tests BMI is calculated from the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the … BMI at ≥95th percentile Timing of screening No evidence was found on appropriate screening intervals … Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found adequate ev- idence that BMI was an acceptable measure for … Accuracy of Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found that BMI (cal- culated as weight in kilograms

14. Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 20, 2017 - Trials of screening or treatment benefit had to report at least 1 weight outcome. … Does screening for obesity in children and adolescents have adverse effects? … Are there common components of efficacious screening programs? … Does screening for obesity in children and adolescents have adverse effects? … Intervention: Study used an excluded intervention/screening approach.

15. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 20, 2017 - Screening Tests BMI measurement, using height and weight, is the recommended screening test for obesity … Abbreviation: BMI=body mass index. … Screening Interval The USPSTF found no evidence regarding appropriate screening intervals for obesity … as BMI z score. … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF previously found evidence that BMI is an adequate screening

16. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 15, 2012 - Timing of Screening No evidence was found about appropriate intervals for screening. … BMI of 25 to 29.9 kg/m 2 , and obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 kg/m 2 or higher. … Screening Intervals No evidence was found regarding appropriate intervals for screening. … Accuracy of Screening Tests In 2003, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI is an acceptable measure … /m 2 or higher; it does not address the effectiveness of screening in overweight adults with a BMI of

17. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 15, 2010 - Print archived Final Evidence Summary Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening … Screening and interventions for overweight in children and adolescents: recommendation statement. … Screening and interventions for childhood overweight: where is the evidence? … Who benefits from intervention in, as opposed to screening of, overweight and obese children? … This figure depicts the analytic framework for screening for obesity in children and adolescents.

18. Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2005 - Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement Screening … and adult BMI measures. … There is insufficient evidence on the harms of screening. … Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight. … BMI for children and teens. 2003. Available at: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/bmi-for- age.htm.

19. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 20, 2017 - Screening Interval The USPSTF found no evidence regarding appropriate screening in­ tervals for obesity … Screening Tests BMI measurement, using height and weight, is the recommended screening test for obesity … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF previously found evidence that BMI is an adequate screening … = 13%) and a reduction in BMI of −0.86 (95% CI, −1.44 to −0.29; I2 = 0%). … Screening for primary hypertension in children and adolescents: U.S.

20. Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 12, 2015 - Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; CV = cardiovascular; KQ = key question; QOL = quality of life. … Are there common components of efficacious screening programs? … If so, how much improvement (e.g., weight loss, reduction in age- and sex-specific body mass index [BMI … , BMI percentile, BMI z-score, percent overweight, waist circumference, or a similar measure   … ): Screening involving BMI or other primary care–feasible anthropomorphic measure; may also involve