Experts Weigh Pros and Cons of Screening and Treatment for Childhood Obesity

摘要

For Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, director of the Child Policy Research Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, even if the proportion of children with weight issues has become stable, the prevalence is too high. She also said a lack of rigorous clinical trials confirming the efficacy for screening by calculating BMI and attempting behavioral interventions does not mean such actions do not work."The evidence we have is strong enough," said Simpson. "We're moving toward recognizing that pediatricians and other health care providers have, to date, not done a very good job of plotting BMI and are underrec-ognizing children who are overweight. They are missing an opportunity for talking to parents about healthy eating."