Improved use of BMI needed to screen children for overweight.

摘要

At best, roughly half of pediatricians use BMI percentile measurements to assess overweight, but the figure dips to as few as 6% in some areas. The result is missed diagnoses of overweight and lost opportunities to help pediatric patients maintain a healthful weight and prevent comorbidities.These findings and others, reported in May at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Toronto, illustrate the complexities pediatricians face as they try to determine the most effective ways to screen and treat patients who are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight.