A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Weight Management provides clinicians with a comprehensive approach to the medical management of overweight children and adolescents.

A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Weight Management includes:

• Reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and developmental aspects of child and adolescent obesity.
• Presents a guide to evaluation of the obese child.
• Provides highlighted boxes and algorithms that help clinicians find and digest information quickly.
• Provides information necessary for practice based change to meet the challenge of pediatric obesity.

Contents

1. Introduction: Medical Management of Obesity
2. Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity
3. Pathophysiology of Obesity
4. Obesity in the Context of Child and Adolescent Development
5. Evaluation of the Obese Child
6. Respiratory Complications
7. Cardiovascular Complications
8. Insulin Resistance, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes
9. Orthopedic Complications
10. Gastrointestinal Complications
11. Renal Complications
12. Neurologic Complications
13. Mental Health Issues
14. Specific Genetic Causes of Obesity
15. Acute Obesity-Related Emergencies
16. Practice Management Strategies for Obesity

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