Childhood obesity: How do Australian general practitioners feel about managing this growing health problem?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-65

  McMeniman, Erin ^a   Moore, Romayne ^b   Yelland, Michael ^b   McClure, Rod ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

child; perception

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORK SCHEDULE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79952971986     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10041     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009) National Health Survey: Summary of results, 2007-2008. ABS cat. no. 4364.0. ABS, Canberra. Available at http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/ah10/ah10.pdf [Verified 14 September 2010]
2. Batch J, Baur L (2005) Management and prevention of obesity and its complications in children and adolescents. The Medical Journal of Australia 182(3), 130-135. (Pubitemid 40268259)
3. Britt H, Miller G, Charles J, Henderson J, Bayram C, Pan Y, Valenti L, Harrison C, Fahridin S, O'Halloran J (2009) 'General practice activity in Australia, 2008-2009.' (AIHW: Canberra)
4. Buffart L, van der Ploeg H, Smith B, Kurko J, King L, Bauman AE (2009) General practitioners' perceptions and practices of physical activity counselling: Changes over the past 10 years. British Journal of Sports Medicine 43(14), 1149-1153. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2008.049577
5. Campbell K, Engel H, Timperio A, Cooper C, Crawford D (2000) Obesity management: Australian general practitioners attitudes and practices. Obesity Research 8(6), 459-466. doi:10.1038/oby.2000.57
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2000) 'Clinical growth charts.' (CDC: Atlanta) Available at http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/ clinical-charts.htm [Verified 4 June 2006]
7. Chamberlin L, ShermanS, Jain A, Powers S, WhitakerR(2002) The challenge of preventing and treating obesity in low income preschool children. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 156, 662-668.
8. Dettori H, Elliott H, Horn J, Leong G (2009) Barriers to the management of obesity in children: A cross sectional survey of GPs. Australian Family Physician 38(6), 460-464.
9. Gerner B, McCallum Z, Sheehan J, Harris C, Wake M (2006) Are general practitioners equipped to detect child overweight/obesity? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 42, 206-211. doi:10.1111/j.1440- 1754.2006.00831.x
10. Gillis D, Brauner M, Granot E (2007) A community-based behavior modification intervention for childhood obesity. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 20(2), 197-203. (Pubitemid 46865070)
11. Guo S, ChumleaW(1999) Tracking of body mass index in children in relation to overweight in adulthood. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 70, 145S-148S. (Pubitemid 29461130)
12. Hearn L, Miller M, CrossD(2007) Engaging primary health care providers in the promotion of healthy weight among young children: Barriers and enablers for policy and management. Australian Journal of Primary Health 13(2), 66-79. doi:10.1071/PY07025 (Pubitemid 47279887)
13. Hughes A, Stewart L, Chapple J, McColl JH, Donaldson MDC, Kelner CJH, ZabihollahM,AhmedF, Reilly JJ (2008) Randomized, controlled trial of a best-practice individualized behavioral program for treatment of childhood overweight: Scottish Childhood Overweight Treatment Trial (SCOTT). Pediatrics 121(3), e539-e546. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1786
14. Lau D (2006) A pilot study on the attitudes and practice relating to the management of overweight and obese patients among primary health care professionals in four primary care clinics in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Practitioner 28, 155-165. (Pubitemid 43933290)
15. McCallumZ,WakeM,Gerner B, BaurLA, Gibbons K, Gold L,GunnJ, Harris C, Naughton G, Riess C, Sanci L, Sheehan J, Ukoumunne OC, Waters E (2007) Outcome Data from the LEAP (Live, Eat and Play) trial: A randomized controlled trial of a primary care intervention for childhood overweight/mild obesity. International Journal of Obesity 31(4), 630-636. (Pubitemid 46482355)
16. National Health and Medical Research Council (2003) 'Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.' (NHMRC: Canberra)
17. National Preventative Health Taskforce (2009) Technical paper 1: Obesity in Australia: a need for urgent action. Available at http://www.health.gov. au/internet/preventativehealth/publishing.nsf/Content/tech-obesity-toc [Verified 15 July 2010]
18. O'Brien P, Brown W, Dixon J (2005) Obesity, weight loss and bariatric surgery. The Medical Journal of Australia 183(6), 310-314. (Pubitemid 41341677)
19. Oude Luttikhuis H, Baur L, Jansen H, ShrewsburyVA,O'Malley C, Stolk RP, Summerbell CD (2009) Interventions for treating obesity in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Online) 1, CD001872
20. Patrick K, Calfas KJ, Norman GJ, Zabinski MF, Sallis JF, Rupp J, Covin J, Cella J (2006) Randomized controlled trial of a primary care and homebased intervention for physical activity and nutrition behaviors: PACE+ for adolescents. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 160(2), 128-136. doi:10.1001/archpedi.160.2.128 (Pubitemid 43213856)
21. Spivack J, SwietlikM,Alessandrini E, FaithM(2010) Primary care providers' knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers to the treatment and prevention of childhood obesity. Obesity 18(7), 1341-1347. doi:10.1038/ oby.2009.410
22. van Gerwen M, Franc C, Rosman S, Le Vaillant M, Pelletier-Fleury N (2009) Primary care physicians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding childhood obesity: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews 10(2), 227-236.
23. Wake M, Baur L, Gerner B, Gibbons K, Gold L, Gunn J, Levickis P, McCallum Z, Naughton G, Sanci L, Ukoumunne OC (2008) Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: The LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 339(32), b3308.
24. World Health Organization (2003) 'Nutrition: controlling the global obesity epidemic.' Available at http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/obesity/en/ [Verified 14 May 2006]