Dr. Sandra Hassink is joined by Dr. Sarah Hampl, Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition, and lead author on the 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline on Obesity. Dr. Hassink is also joined by Dr. Sarah Barlow, Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and executive council member on the section on obesity (SOOb).
Together they discuss the 2025 AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE).
Related Resources:
• AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Website (aapexperience.org/)
• AAP Section on Obesity (tinyurl.com/3rx2rm4r)
• Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, Website (tinyurl.com/yc88y53j)
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Dr. Sandra Hassink is joined by Dr. Sarah Hampl, Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition, and lead author on the 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline on Obesity. Dr. Hassink is also joined by Dr. Sarah Barlow, Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and executive council member on the section on obesity (SOOb).
Together they discuss the 2025 AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE).
Related Resources:
• AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Website (aapexperience.org/)
• AAP Section on Obesity (tinyurl.com/3rx2rm4r)
• Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, Website (tinyurl.com/yc88y53j)
CPG Series: Using BMI and the Extended Growth Charts
Conversations About Care
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2 years ago
CPG Series: Using BMI and the Extended Growth Charts
Dr. Hassink is joined by Dr. Alyson Goodman, a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and medical epidemiologist at the CDC who is a federal liaison to the Section on Obesity Executive Committee and was a liaison to the CPG Obesity Subcommittee. They discuss BMI, growth charts and the newly revised extended growth charts.
Related Resources:
• CDC Growth Charts (https://tinyurl.com/mu7mw76n)
• Definition of BMI categories for children (https://tinyurl.com/yym6f6w3)
• Healthcare Strategies (https://tinyurl.com/mr2xkee7)
• Body Mass Index (BMI) in Children(https://tinyurl.com/bdz3cn4d)
Conversations About Care
Dr. Sandra Hassink is joined by Dr. Sarah Hampl, Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition, and lead author on the 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline on Obesity. Dr. Hassink is also joined by Dr. Sarah Barlow, Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and executive council member on the section on obesity (SOOb).
Together they discuss the 2025 AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE).
Related Resources:
• AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Website (aapexperience.org/)
• AAP Section on Obesity (tinyurl.com/3rx2rm4r)
• Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, Website (tinyurl.com/yc88y53j)
