Thesis
Childhood Obesity: A Review of Risk Factors, Prevention, and the Role of the Nurse Practitioner
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
08/2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3741
Abstract
Childhood obesity has become a major health concern and nurse practitioners can play a key role in its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this article is to help advanced practice nurses provide recommended screening, assessment, anticipatory guidance and counseling for overweight patients with their families at every routine health visit. This report will review the most current recommendations on childhood obesity along with suggestions about how to talk to children and their families about weight issues. Nurse practitioners are in an excellent position to empower caregivers to recognize the influence they have on their own children's development of lifelong habits of physical activity and nutritious eating.
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- Title
- Childhood Obesity: A Review of Risk Factors, Prevention, and the Role of the Nurse Practitioner
- Creators
- Amy Rounsavell
- Contributors
- Louise Kaplan (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900591039901842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis