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Journal of Obesity & Weight loss Therapy | ISSN: 2165-7904 | Volume 8
June 06-07, 2018 | Philadelphia, USA
International Conference on
Obesity & Fitness Expo
Obesity in pediatric primary care: Provider approach to the early childhood and adolescent patient
population
Anna Marie Nass
The State University of New Jersey, USA
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besity is a nationwide epidemic. Obesity in the early childhood and adolescent populations is on the rise resulting in
long-term adverse health outcomes. Primary healthcare providers need to utilize evidence-based research interventions
in order to assess, educate, and treat this devastating disease process. Though current guidelines, recommendations and
programs exist like 5-2-1-0, providers continue to struggle. At Children of Joy Pediatrics, healthcare providers have noted
similar problems to what other healthcare providers report in the literature. The purpose of this DNP Project is to evaluate how
the 5-2-1-0 evidence-based message is utilized in the COJP practice for children in the 2 to 5 and 12 to 18 year old age groups
diagnosed with obesity, defined as having a BMI greater than or equal to the 95th percentile according to the CDC guidelines,
to establish if the 5-2-1-0 message is being utilized and to what extent it is documented in the EMR. Retrospective data will be
collected to determine the number of obese patients in each of the respective patient populations with additional data to be
gathered to include age, gender, height, weight, BMI percentile and current interventions specifically focused on the 5-2-1-0
components. Recommendations for future quality improvement protocols may be proposed at the conclusion of the project.
anass@sn.rutgers.eduJ Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volulme: 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C2-061