CONFERENCE--PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY

该项目的目标是召开一次全国会议， 预防和治疗儿童肥胖症。 人们越来越担心 美国儿童肥胖的患病率正在增加 儿童肥胖被认为是一个临床和心理社会问题， 以及几个主要风险因素的潜在前兆 成人慢性病 然而，在这方面仍然没有达成共识。 儿童肥胖症的操作定义。 也存在争议， 儿科社区关于适当的问题， 在肥胖儿童中诱导体重减轻， 损失可能对成长中的儿童有害。 因此， 儿童饮食限制的安全性仍然没有得到解决。 是 众所周知，肥胖儿童变成肥胖成人的概率 是非常高的;然而，干预肥胖儿童尽快， 尽可能地积极治疗仍然不被视为最佳儿科实践。 还没有一个主要的科学会议专门讨论儿童问题 肥胖在过去5年中，是开放的一般生物医学 社区 一项全国性的初级保健医生调查， 当被问到他们最关心的话题是什么时， 最需要的是继续医学教育。因此，一个主要 全国会议，专门讨论与预防、 儿童肥胖症的治疗是及时的。 在赞助下， 纽约科学院，我们提议召开一次公开的 会议，“预防和治疗儿童肥胖”，其中 权威机构将提供最新的信息和研究 与本专题有关的关键问题的调查结果。 基础科学，公共 健康和临床方面的儿童肥胖症将讨论一个 全面覆盖这一复杂的主题。 以来 一个专家小组发现，看电视与儿童肥胖有关， 主要记者、儿童权益倡导者和私营企业的讨论 代表将被安排。 将举行一个特别论坛， 来自NIH相关研究所的代表将介绍当前的 和/或计划在儿童肥胖领域开展研究活动。 最后，会议记录将作为《联合国海洋法公约》的单一专题卷出版。 纽约科学院年鉴，从而确保高效 信息传播和技术转让的手段 公共卫生、儿童预防和治疗的重要领域 肥胖

The goal of this project is to convene a national conference on the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. There is growing concern that the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in the U.S. Childhood obesity is recognized as a clinical and psychosocial problem as well as a potential precursor for major risk factors for several adult-onset chronic diseases. Yet, there is still no consensus on the operational definition of childhood obesity. There also exists debate in the pediatric community regarding the issue of the appropriateness of inducing weight loss in obese children because of concerns that weight loss may be deleterious to growing children. Hence, the question of the safety of dietary restrictions in children remains unresolved. It is well known that the probability of an obese child becoming an obese adult is extremely high; however, intervening in an obese child as soon and as vigorously as possible still is not viewed as optimal pediatric practice. There has been no major scientific conference devoted to childhood obesity in the past 5 years that was open to the general biomedical community. A national survey of primary care physicians caring for children listed childhood obesity at the top when asked what topics they wanted most for their continuing medical education. Therefore, a major national conference devoted to critical issues regarding the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is timely. Under the sponsorship of the New York Academy of Sciences, we propose to convene an open conference, "Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity", where leading authorities will present up-to-date information and research findings on key issues related to this topic. Basic scientific, public health, and clinical aspects of childhood obesity will be discussed for a comprehensive coverage of this complex subject. Since television-watching has been implicated in childhood obesity, a panel discussion by leading journalists, child advocates, and private industry representatives will be scheduled. A special forum will be held where representatives from relevant Institutes at the NIH will present current and/or planned research initiatives in the area of childhood obesity. Lastly, the proceedings will be published as a single-topic volume of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, thereby ensuring efficient means of information dissemination and technology transfer in this important area of public health, prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.