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| J A SkeltonSummaryAffiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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A pediatric weight management program for high-risk populations: a preliminary analysisJoseph A Skelton
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1698-701. 2008..To determine whether a multidisciplinary pediatric weight management program effectively improves BMI, BMI z-score, and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in high-risk populations...
Attrition in paediatric weight management: a review of the literature and new directionsJ A Skelton
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Obes Rev 12:e273-81. 2011..This review highlights identified contributors to attrition from paediatric weight management and provides a framework to study this problem, based on models of adherence to paediatric medical regimens...
Prevalence and trends of severe obesity among US children and adolescentsJoseph A Skelton
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:322-9. 2009....
Motivational interviewing in a family-based pediatric obesity program: a case studyMegan Irby
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Brenner Families in Training Program, Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Fam Syst Health 28:236-46. 2010..Further work is needed in the application of MI to diverse care teams to determine frequency of training required for effective use of MI in obesity treatment, its limitations, and its feasibility in community-based programs...
Pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseStacee M Lerret
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Gastroenterol Nurs 31:115-9. 2008..The diagnostic workup and treatment for NAFLD and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis remains controversial. This review discusses current concepts regarding the natural history, pathophysiology, and management of pediatric patients with NAFLD...
Where are family theories in family-based obesity treatment?: conceptualizing the study of families in pediatric weight managementJ A Skelton
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27 157, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 36:891-900. 2012..The field of family studies provides an innovative approach to the difficult problem of pediatric obesity, building on the long-established approach of family-based treatment...
Body mass index in children with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease: observations from two multicenter North American inception cohortsSubra Kugathasan
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
J Pediatr 151:523-7. 2007..To conduct a systematic review of children with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from 2 prospective inception cohorts to examine body mass index (BMI) status at presentation...
Obesity and its therapy: from genes to community actionJoseph A Skelton
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, PO Box 26509, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 53:777-94. 2006..Many of these behaviors are being evaluated in animal models and hold great promise for targeted interventions in the future...
Nutrient deficiencies in tube-fed childrenJoseph A Skelton
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 45:37-41. 2006..05) for those without selenium deficiency. There was a negative correlation between the percentage of RDA of calories and height for age, weight for age, and weight for height (p < 0.05)...
Bariatric surgery for severely overweight adolescents: concerns and recommendationsThomas H Inge
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Pediatrics 114:217-23. 2004..Surgery should be performed in institutions that are equipped to meet the tertiary care needs of severely obese patients and to collect long-term data on the clinical outcomes of these patients...
