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- Title
The Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics: A proposed clinical staging system for paediatric obesity.
- Authors
Hadjiyannakis, Stasia; Buchholz, Annick; Chanoine, Jean-Pierre; Jetha, Mary M.; Gaboury, Laurie; Hamilton, Jill; Birken, Catherine; Morrison, Katherine M.; Legault, Laurent; Bridger, Tracey; Cook, Stephen R.; Lyons, John; Sharma, Arya M.; Ball, Geoff DC
- Abstract
Traditionally, clinical recommendations for assessing and managing paediatric obesity have relied on anthropometric measures, such as body mass index (BMI), BMI percentile and/or BMI z-score, to monitor health risks and determine weight management success. However, anthropometric measures do not always accurately and reliably identify children and youth with obesity-related health risks or comorbidi-ties. The authors propose a new clinical staging system (the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics, EOSS-P), adapted from the adult-oriented EOSS. The EOSS-P is used to stratify patients according to severity of obesity-related comorbidities and barriers to weight management into four graded categories (0 to 3) within four main health domains: metabolic, mechanical, mental health and social milieu (the 4Ms). The EOSS-P is based on common clinical assessments that are widely available and routinely completed by clinicians, and has the potential to provide clinical and prognostic information to help evaluate and inform the management of paediatric obesity.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of childhood obesity; CHILDHOOD obesity; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088), 2016, Vol 21, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1205-7088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pch/21.1.21