The Let’s Go! Childhood Obesity Project ECHO® will provide registered providers and care team members with new evidence and guidance on the assessment, management and treatment of childhood obesity. The goal is to help support providers looking to optimize management of their patients with obesity.
Monthly Session Recordings & Materials
Relevant articles and resources as well as the monthly session recordings will be added each month from November 2021 through September 2022. Learn more about the Let's Go! Podcast series.
As a part of the Let’s Go! Childhood Obesity Project ECHO® we have developed five additional supporting educational modules to dive deeper into certain areas to enhance your knowledge around childhood obesity.
- Introduction to the Pathophysiology of Obesity
- Bias And Stigma associated with Obesity
- Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
- Talking with Patients and Families about Nutrition
- Physical Literacy and Physical Activity - The Connection and Importance of Both
Articles
- Measuring internalized weight attitudes across body weight categories: Validation of the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale
- Overlapping neurobehavioral circuits in ADHD, obesity, and binge eating: Evidence from Neuroimaging Research
- Disordered eating and obesity: associations between binge eating-disorder, night-eating syndrome, and weight-related co-morbidities
- Mallampati Score and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Refining screening questionnaires for prediction of sleep apnea severity in children
Resources
- Resource List
- Cooking Matters Flyer MMC
- Create a Grocery Game Plan MyPlate Weekly Calendar
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Cut Down on Added Sugars
- MMC Weight & Wellness Program: Plate Method (Pediatrics)
- MMC Weight & Wellness Program: Weekly Meal Plan for Kids
- Nutrition Facts Read the Label: Cool Tips for Kids
- Start Simple with MyPlate
Articles
- Anthropometric and Psychosocial Changes in Obese Adolescents Enrolled in a Weight Management Program
- Effects of a Weight Management Program on Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters in Overweight Children
- Reversal of Early Abnormalities in Glucose Metabolism in Obese Youth: Results of an Intensive Lifestyle Randomized Controlled Trial
Articles
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Liraglutide for Adolescents with Obesity
- Clinical Considerations Regarding the Use of Obesity Pharmacotherapy in Adolescents with Obesity
- Pharmacotherapy in Pediatric Obesity: Current Evidence and Landscape
- Phentermine/Topiramate for the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity