Provider Preference for Growth Charts in Tracking Children with Obesity.

A web-based survey of pediatric care providers revealed differences in their preference for clinical charts that monitor growth in children with obesity. These findings are attributed to pediatric specialty training. Very few providers believe the currently available Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 body mass index-for-age charts adequately track growth in children with obesity.

Effect of severe obesity in childhood and adolescence on risk of type 2 diabetes in youth and early adulthood in an American Indian population.

Objectives: The risk of early-onset type 2 diabetes associated with the severity of obesity in youth is not well understood. This study aims to determine metabolic alterations and type 2 diabetes risk among American Indian children who are obese or severely obese.

Methods: Incidence rates of diabetes before 20 years (youth-onset) and 45 years were computed in 2728 children who were from 5 to <10 years and 4317 adolescents who were from 10 to <18 years without diabetes examined between 1965 and 2007.