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Volume 9
Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
ISSN: 2165-7904
JOINT EVENT
Childhood Obesity 2019
Diabetes Conference 2019
March 18-19, 2019
&
3
rd
World Congress on
Diabetes and Obesity
12
th
International Conferences on
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
March 18-19, 2019 | Rome, Italy
Quality improvement project: Together against childhood obesity
Q Nahar, H Nassaf
and
A Setti
Withybush General Hospital, UK
Background:
The prevalence of obesity in children with autism is almost as high as general population. Obesity
and its complications poses significant threats to independent living, self-care, quality of life, and long-term health
outcomes for children with autism. Whilst appreciating the multifactorial nature of childhood obesity, we reviewed
the rate of obesity in children with autism and their management planning in the community paediatric departmet
in a district general hospital in Wales and disegined a quailty improvement project to improve the service.
Aim:
Improve the understanding among medical professionals in early detection and efficient intervention to
prevent obesity in children with autism.
Methods:
Baseline data collection revealed that amongst local children with autism, the rate of obesity/overweight
was 20.5%. Focussed history taking including documentation of BMI, co-morbidities and management planning
were identified as areas of improvement. And also there were limited understanding about the available local
resources and the referral pathway for high risk cases. The quality Improvement project was implemented over a
period of six months. A multifaceted approach to improvement was carried out. This included the designing of a
history taking proforma, display of posters highlighting local resources and teaching for all clinical staff.
Outcome:
The outcome was measured by a repeat retrospective notes review. There was significant improvement in
recording of BMI in children with autism, identification of high risk cases and co morbidities. There was also marked
improvement in focused history taking and management planning for children with obesity. The outcome will be
measured in regular interval to ensure sustainibility.
Conclusion:
Obesity in childrenwith autism is multifactorial and require unique approach. Our quality improvement
project has enabled medical staff to have a clear understanding of the prevalence of obesity amongst local children
with autism and also made them aware of the available local resources which is evidenced by the improvement in
focused history taking and management planning. Our next step would be multidisciplinary working and innovative
approaches to involve patient and family members. We have researched how we can all work together to reduce
obesity in children with autism and would like to share our model of change.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2019, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-091