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  1. Hidden Mystery | PSNet

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    December 01, 2011 - Obesity increases the likelihood of a multitude of diseases. … Annual deaths attributable to obesity in the United States. … Are physicians equipped to address the obesity epidemic? … Medical school curricula do not address obesity as a disease. … Obesity stigma reduction in medical students.

  2. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan141/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
    February 12, 2015 - Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Obesity … Interventions may result in changes in health outcomes and reduced obesity in adulthood (KQ3) and reduced … Does screening for obesity in children and adolescents have adverse effects? … Are improvements in child weight outcomes associated with reduced likelihood of adult obesity? … The USPSTF received comments requesting that children and adolescents with severe obesity be considered

  3. Health Information Technology to Support Clinical Decision Making in Obesity Care - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2011 - Health Information Technology to Support Clinical Decision Making in Obesity Care - 2011 … Project Name Health Information Technology to Support Clinical Decision Making in Obesity Care … Practitioners has developed family-centered, culturally-sensitive clinical practice guidelines for obesity … The research aims to eliminate health disparities for the conditions related to childhood obesity via … Target Population: Obesity, Pediatric* Strategic Goal:   Develop and disseminate health IT evidence

  4. Hypertension screening for children who are overweight or obese | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2021 - Measure Domain:  Management of Chronic Conditions Measure Sub-Domain:  Childhood Overweight/Obesity

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2022 - ‘Almost like malpractice’: to shed bias, doctors get schooled to look beyond obesity. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/almost-malpractice-shed-bias-doctors-get-schooled-look-beyond-obesity Lack … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/almost-malpractice-shed-bias-doctors-get-schooled-look-beyond-obesity https … eliminating-explicit-and-implicit-biases-health-care-evidence-and-research-needs https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ongoing-nightmare-people-obesity-face-major-obstacles-when-seeking-medical-care

  6. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2005 - A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. … Extreme obesity in childhood is an obvious problem, and is associated with immediate adverse health … We don’t know whether screening for obesity and overweight does any good. … Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Obesity in an Academic Primary Care Center. … Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 14, 2021 - 'An ongoing nightmare': people with obesity face major obstacles when seeking medical care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ongoing-nightmare-people-obesity-face-major-obstacles-when-seeking- medical-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ongoing-nightmare-people-obesity-face-major-obstacles-when-seeking-medical-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ongoing-nightmare-people-obesity-face-major-obstacles-when-seeking-medical-care

  8. Sharifi, Mahnoos H. | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Project Name Using Electronic Health Records to Support Decision-Making in Pediatric Obesity Care … Using Electronic Health Records to Support Decision-Making in Pediatric Obesity … health records to assist pediatric primary care clinicians with providing higher quality childhood obesity … care to help slow weight gain in children with obesity.

  9. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
    December 15, 2003 - Obesity poses a considerable and growing health burden. … , by 50 percent with moderate obesity, and by nearly 200 percent with severe obesity. 25 We reviewed … NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative. … Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity. … Drug treatment of obesity.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 27, 2019 - //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-medicines-bias-against-patients-who-are-overweight Patients with obesity … A past WebM&M commentary examined a case of delayed diagnosis in a patient with obesity. … addressing-medicines-bias-against-patients-who-are-overweight https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-incidents-associated-obesity-review-reports-national-patient-safety-agency-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-dilemma-obesity-surgical-patient https://psnet.ahrq.gov/

  11. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)

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    March 01, 2005 - Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960-1994. … Obesity* Trends Among U.S. … Morbid obesity: a nursing care challenge. … Medical school curricula do not address obesity as a disease. … Obesity stigma reduction in medical students.

  12. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.88_slideshow.ppt
    March 01, 2005 - Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960-1994. … Obesity* Trends Among U.S. … Morbid obesity: a nursing care challenge. … Medical school curricula do not address obesity as a disease. … Obesity stigma reduction in medical students.

  13. Evidence Summary: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    June 18, 2024 - Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity among children and adolescents aged 2-19 years: … https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity-child-17-18/obesity-child.htm#Suggested%20citation 3. … What’s wrong with the “war on obesity?” … Family-based obesity treatment, then and now: twenty-five years of pediatric obesity treatment. … The use of measures of obesity in childhood for predicting obesity and the development of obesity-related

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2005 - Obesity increases the likelihood of a multitude of diseases. … Take-Home Points Given the increased prevalence of obesity in our society, and the risks posed by obesity … Obesity. … Are physicians equipped to address the obesity epidemic? … Obesity stigma reduction in medical students.

  15. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
    June 20, 2017 - In addition, obesity during childhood—particularly severe obesity—is associated with problematic cardio­metabolic … Hypertension, overweight and obesity in adolescents: the CRO-KOP study. … Adolescent obesity intervention: validation of the SHAPEDOWN program. … Obesity (Silver Spring) . 2010;18(suppl 1):S62-S68. … A tailored family-based obesity intervention: a randomized trial.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838178/psn-pdf
    September 28, 2022 - how-physicians-implicit-prejudice-against-obese-and-mentally-ill-moderated- specialty-and Patients with obesity … medicine physicians analyzed implicit and explicit bias towards patients with mental illness and/or obesity … how-physicians-implicit-prejudice-against-obese-and-mentally-ill-moderated-specialty-and https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/almost-malpractice-shed-bias-doctors-get-schooled-look-beyond-obesity

  17. Communication of weight classification for children who are overweight or obese | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/communication-weight-classification.html
    August 01, 2021 - Measure Domain:  Management of Chronic Conditions Measure Sub-Domain:  Childhood Overweight/Obesity

  18. Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue | PSNet

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    September 01, 2006 - In addition to the comorbidities of obesity, such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and obstructive … sleep apnea (OSA), the presence of obesity itself puts patients at risk for slower wound healing, increased … Given the current prevalence of obesity, most anesthesia trainees have had ample opportunities to care … Obese patients can and should receive safe and high-quality care, but attention to obesity-related risks … risk almost 3-fold higher; 70s, 5-fold higher; 80s, approximately 9-fold higher Snoring Morbid obesity

  19. Follow-up visits for children who are obese or overweight with a weight-related comorbidity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/followup-visits-weight.html
    August 01, 2021 - Measure Domain:  Management of Chronic Conditions Measure Sub-Domain:  Childhood Overweight/Obesity

  20. Zyao53-Sqrb6Ozzkzdmjjt (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2003 - Obesity is an increasingly significant U.S. health problem. … , by 50% with moderate obesity, and by nearly 200% with severe obesity.25 We reviewed the medical literature … NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative. … Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity. … Pharmacological treatment of obesity: present status.
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