Pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery: indications and preoperative multidisciplinary evaluation.

The standard of care for pediatric patients with severe obesity considering metabolic and bariatric surgery is a preoperative multidisciplinary evaluation. A multidisciplinary team allows for the efficient use of variable personnel expertise to evaluate, manage, and support a pediatric patient and family through metabolic and bariatric surgery. This review discusses the purpose, recommended team members, patient selection, content, and benefits of the multidisciplinary preoperative evaluation.

Community Outreach Among Employees of an Academic Children's Hospital.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the largest freestanding academic pediatric hospital in Illinois, created the Healthy Communities initiative in 2016 to expand the hospital's mission to improve child health by partnering with local community organizations. Through the Thrive leadership development program, a group of hospital employees developed an action-learning project to understand how employees and physicians might engage with a specific Healthy Communities initiative to increase participation in organization-affiliated community outreach activities.

Pairing motivational interviewing with a nutrition and physical activity assessment and counseling tool in pediatric clinical practice: a pilot study.

Background: Recommendations to screen and counsel for lifestyle behaviors can be challenging to implement during well-child visits in the primary care setting. A practice intervention was piloted using the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) Screening Tool paired with a motivational interviewing (MI)-based counseling tool during well-child visits. Acceptability and feasibility of this intervention were assessed.

Early career academic researchers and community-based participatory research: wrestling match or dancing partners?

Early career faculty members at academic medical centers face unique obstacles when engaging in community-based participatory research (CBPR). Challenges and opportunities for solutions pertaining to mentorship, time demands, unfamiliarity of colleagues with CBPR approaches, ethical review regulations, funding, and publication and promotion are discussed.

Impact of psychosocial factors on quality of life in overweight youth.

Objective: The psychosocial functioning of overweight youth is a growing concern. Research has shown that overweight children report lower quality of life (QOL) than their non-overweight peers. This study sought to extend the literature by examining the association between peer victimization, child depressive symptoms, parent distress, and health-related QOL in overweight youth.

The effects of weight management programs on self-esteem in pediatric overweight populations.

Objective: Review published findings on self-esteem and pediatric overweight, and changes in self-esteem subsequent to weight management programs.

Methods: We used PsycInfo and MedLine searches to identify peer-reviewed journal articles examining self-esteem changes following participation in weight management programs.

Results: Data regarding the relationship between self-esteem and obesity is mixed.