Suboptimal Clinical Documentation in Young Children with Severe Obesity at Tertiary Care Centers

• Main Authors: Cassandra C. Brady (Author), Vidhu V. Thaker (Author), Todd Lingren (Author), Jessica G. Woo (Author), Stephanie S. Kennebeck (Author), Bahram Namjou-Khales (Author), Ashton Roach (Author), Jonathan P. Bickel (Author), Nandan Patibandla (Author), Guergana K. Savova (Author), Imre Solti (Author), Ingrid A. Holm (Author), John B. Harley (Author), Isaac S. Kohane (Author), Nancy A. Crimmins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objectives. The prevalence of severe obesity in children has doubled in the past decade. The objective of this study is to identify the clinical documentation of obesity in young children with a BMI ≥ 99th percentile at two large tertiary care pediatric hospitals. Methods. We used a s...