Experiences of weight stigma in adolescents with severe obesity and their families.

Aim: To describe the experiences of weight stigma in adolescents with severe obesity and their parents.

Design: Qualitative descriptive secondary analysis.

Methods: A secondary analysis on 31 transcripts from a larger study of 46 transcripts conducted between February 2019 and June 2020.

Feasibility and applicability of Evenson sedentary behavior cut points applied to children with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Aim: Sedentary behavior (SB) is widely studied as it is associated with cardiometabolic health and obesity issues. However, children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) have been understudied. Accelerometers are commonly used to measure SB in typically developing populations but may be inappropriate for IDD populations due to differences in body movement and physiologic responses to the activity.

A Developmental Milestones Map of Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Transition From Parents to Adolescents.

Transitional diabetes self-management (DSM) for children and their families is complicated. This article was undertaken to provide an exemplar of DSM strategies used by one family that were based on developmental milestones from preschool through college age. Two brothers who were both diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before the age of 2 years reflected on how their parents began a DSM navigation process during their early preschool years.

Parenting and feeding behaviors associated with school-aged African American and White children.

Pediatric obesity is multifactorial and difficult to treat. Parenting and feeding behaviors have been shown to influence a child's weight status. Most prior studies have focused on preschool-aged White children.