Addressing weight bias among pediatric healthcare clinical staff.

Background: Children with obesity may experience weight-based discrimination as a result of weight bias and stigma, which can have deleterious effects on their health and wellbeing, including increased risk of dysregulated, maladaptive, and disordered eating such as restriction, purging, and binging. Prior work has shown that weight bias occurs from healthcare workers caring for adults, but less is known about the prevalence of weight bias in the pediatric healthcare setting.

Methods: We aimed to determine what proportion of pediatric healthcare professionals had attitudes of weight bias at our own institution by constructing a survey with questions from validated weight bias survey tools.

Incorporating Yoga into a Pediatric Weight Management Program: A Pilot Study.

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of yoga incorporated into a pediatric weight management program (promoting health in teens; PHIT Yoga) to racially diverse caregivers and youth and to compare this program with a cohort that received a program that did not include yoga (PHIT Kids). Thirty children with obesity were enrolled in a 12-week pediatric weight management intervention (PHIT Kids,  = 17; PHIT Yoga,  = 13). Weight, BMI z-score (BMIz), BMI percent of the 95th percentile, and health habits assessment were obtained from both cohorts pre- and post intervention.

Addressing Structural Racism Is Critical for Ameliorating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Black Youth.

Racism and childhood obesity are both pervasive factors adversely affecting the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents in the United States. The association between racism and obesity has been touched upon in the literature; yet most work has focused on a few dimensions of intersectionality of these two domains at one time. The renewed focus on structural racism as the primary contributor to distress of Black individuals in the United States has highlighted the urgency of identifying the contributions of racism to the childhood obesity epidemic.

Psychosocial Aspects of Obesity.

This article is the sixth in a series of the comorbidities of childhood obesity and reviews psychosocial aspects with a focus on weight-based victimization and discrimination stemming from weight bias and stigma. Outcomes from these bullying and discriminatory experiences are pervasive and impact youth across all settings, including school. Lastly, this article provides recommendations on how to reduce bias and stigma to better serve these students in the school environment.

Comparison of a condensed 12-week version and a 24-week version of a family-based pediatric weight management program.

Background: The current study compares the effectiveness of a condensed 12-week version and a 24-week version of the same pediatric behavioral weight management program.

Methods: Children (n=162) between the ages of 8 and 18 years (baseline BMIz=2.39; standard deviation=0.

Outcomes of a weight management clinic for children with special needs.

Objective: Rates of obesity are elevated among children with special needs (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, or developmental disabilities).