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Title: Obesity in Children with Down Syndrome: Background and Recommendations for Management.
Authors: Murray, Julie; Ryan-Krause, Patricia
Abstract: Children with Down syndrome have a higher risk for developing obesity. The primary care provider can assist the family in preventing or managing obesity by recognizing the physiological and behavioral factors that place children and adolescents with Down syndrome at increased risk to become obese, and establishing a screening and management plan early to prevent or treat excess weight gain. By using adapted strategies, the negative physiological and psychological outcomes associated with obesity may be lessened or avoided in this specific population.
Subjects: PREVENTION of obesity; OBESITY treatment; WEIGHT gain prevention; CERVICAL vertebrae; CHILD behavior; CHILD nutrition; CONGENITAL heart disease; COUNSELING; CLINICAL pathology; EXERCISE; HEALTH education; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JOINT hypermobility; MASTICATION; MEDICAL history taking; MUSCULOSKELETAL system; NECK; NURSE practitioners; NURSING assessment; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC nursing; PHYSICAL diagnosis; SKIN; WORLD Wide Web; INFORMATION resources; LEPTIN; DOWN syndrome; BODY mass index; DISEASE complications; CHILDREN
Publication: Pediatric Nursing, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 6, p314
ISSN: 0097-9805
Publication type: Academic Journal

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Obesity in Children with Down Syndrome: Background and Recommendations for Management.