Case Study—Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Childhood The Expert Committee Recommendations on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity from the Am

Case Study—Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Childhood

The Expert Committee Recommendations on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity from the American Medical Association are linked below:

Childhood Obesity: Highlights of AMA Expert Committee Recommendations | AAFPLinks to an external site.

You will need these guidelines to complete this case study, as well as growth charts from the CDC, available at: http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/Links to an external site..

Stephanie, five years old, has been referred to a registered dietitian because her pediatrician is concerned about her weight gain. Currently she weighs 54 pounds and is 46 inches tall.

Questions:

1. What are Stephanie’s current BMI and BMI-for-age percentile? How is her weight classified based on the recommendations?

2. What areas should the registered dietitian focus on during the dietary assessment according to these recommendations?

3. What stage in the treatment recommendations should be applied to Stephanie’s case and what does this include?

  4   At a three-month follow-up appointment Stephanie is 60# and 46.5”. What is Stephanie’s current BMI and BMI-for-age percentile? How is her weight classified with these new recommendations?

5. What treatment changes are recommended at this point?

6. What are the next stages and recommended treatments?

Make sure to use the links provided above to answer the questions. Thankyou