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SIG Description

The obesity SIG is a group of pediatricians interested in childhood obesity.

Mission/Goals

The mission of the obesity SIG is to connect individuals who share an interest in childhood obesity, share resources, research, and best practices.

April 2012 Newsletter Article

Please join us for an exciting program, "Educating Trainees in Childhood Obesity Prevention, Management and Advocacy." We have an exciting lineup of speakers and topics! Please bring your ideas for our 2013 SIG, too!

12:00-12:10 pm: Welcome and introductions-Sandra Hassink, A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE; Sarah Hampl, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

12:10-12:45 pm: HOPE—An Opportunity for Education and Intervention-Jeannie Huang, MD, MPH, Rady Children's Hospital/University of CA-San Diego

12:45-1:20 pm: FIT for Residents Curriculum Project: Update and Future Directions-Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS, Mattel Children's Hospital/UCLA

1:20-1:50 pm: Brief Motivational Interviewing for BMI (BMI:4:BMI) Curriculum: Motivational Interviewing Tailored for Weight Management-Karen Dorsey, Yale School of Medicine; Ada Fenick, Yale School of Medicine

1:50-2:20 pm: Resident Advocacy for Obesity Prevention Goes Swimmingly with Everyone Swims, a Seattle Children's Hospital Partnership Initiative to Improve Swimming Access for Underserved Communities-H. Mollie Grow, Seattle Children's Hospital; Kristin Kan, MD, MPH, Seattle Children's Hospital; Faisal Malik, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital

2:20-2:50 pm: Residents Give Parents the Green Light to Prevent Obesity in the First Two Years of Life: A Literacy and Numeracy Approach-Eliana Perrin, MD, MPH, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine

2:50-3:00 pm: Wrap-up and topics/speakers for 2013

SIG Co-Chairs:
Sarah Hampl
shampl@cmh.edu

Sandra Hassink
shassink@nemours.org

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Past meeting

The theme for the 2008 obesity SIG session was cultural issues and obesity treatment, and we had two presentations followed by discussion.

Sarah Hampl and Meredith Dreyer, from Children's Mercy Hospital, presented "Promoting Health in Teens and Kids (PHIT KIDS): Lessons learned in Implementing a Group and Behaviorally-Based Obesity Treatment Program". Their presentation included a description of their group program, modeled on the Stanford Packard program. The program includes 24 weekly 2 hour sessions. The results from their 1st 60 children are encouraging, with changes in z-score trajectory, lipids, and behaviors. With a population is about 60% Medicaid and 60% African American and Latino, they hired cultural consultants to help them develop their program. They presented a multidimensional model of cultural sensitivity and then discussed specific considerations that they have encountered with different groups and suggestions for how to approach these issues.

Ulfat Shaikh, from UC Davis, presented "Rural Healthcare Delivery in Pediatric Obesity and the role of Telehealth". She discussed the rural obesity epidemic and some of the special challenges and barriers that families face. She presented her consult model of obesity care delivery using telehealth to evaluate and treat families partnering with the local primary care providers. She also discussed specific issues related to telehealth implementation and its potential role in obesity care.

Group discussion followed focusing on implementation strategies for stage 3 and 4 programs. Challenges include not enough specialist and ancillary services, financial constraints, and frequency of follow up.