CONFERENCE--PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY

该项目的目标是召开一次关于 儿童肥胖症的防治。人们越来越担心 儿童肥胖症在美国的流行率正在上升。 儿童肥胖被认为是一种临床和心理社会问题，如 也是几个主要风险因素的潜在前兆 成人发病的慢性病。然而，关于这一问题仍未达成共识 儿童肥胖的可操作性定义。在中国也存在争论 儿科社区关于是否适当的问题 导致肥胖儿童体重减轻，因为担心体重 损失可能对成长中的孩子有害。因此，问题是， 儿童饮食限制的安全性仍未得到解决。它是 众所周知，肥胖儿童成为肥胖成年人的概率 是非常高的；然而，尽快并尽可能地干预肥胖儿童 尽可能积极的治疗仍然不被视为最佳的儿科实践。 还没有专门讨论儿童问题的大型科学会议 对普通生物医学开放的过去5年的肥胖情况 社区。一项针对初级保健医生的全国性调查 当被问及儿童肥胖症的主题时，儿童肥胖症排在首位 最想要的是他们的继续医学教育。因此，一位少校 专门讨论与预防有关的关键问题的全国会议 儿童肥胖症的治疗也是及时的。在…的赞助下 纽约科学院，我们建议召开一次公开会议 “预防和治疗儿童肥胖症”会议， 领导当局将提供最新的信息和研究 关于与这一专题有关的关键问题的调查结果。基础科学，公共领域 儿童肥胖的健康和临床方面将被讨论一段时间 对这一复杂主题的全面报道。自.以来 一个小组称，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 代表们将被安排。将在以下地点举行特别论坛： 美国国立卫生研究院相关机构的代表将介绍当前 和/或计划在儿童肥胖症领域的研究举措。 最后，会议记录将作为 《纽约科学院年鉴》，从而确保高效 这方面的信息传播和技术转让手段 儿童公共卫生、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.