A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care
Adolescent obesity is a growing national healthcare concern. Barriers to effective treatment, such as limited time for office visits and limited reimbursement for obesity counseling, leave both patient and practitioner feeling frustrated and unsupported. This article will discuss the adolescent weig...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Clemson University Press
2014-09-01
|
Series: | Journal of Youth Development |
Online Access: | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/53 |
_version_ | 1797331506580946944 |
---|---|
author | Meghan Bernetich Jennifer A. Patterson |
author_facet | Meghan Bernetich Jennifer A. Patterson |
author_sort | Meghan Bernetich |
collection | DOAJ |
description | Adolescent obesity is a growing national healthcare concern. Barriers to effective treatment, such as limited time for office visits and limited reimbursement for obesity counseling, leave both patient and practitioner feeling frustrated and unsupported. This article will discuss the adolescent weight management program, Triple E: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy. This program was created in collaboration with a pediatric primary care practice, a local university, an affiliated pediatric practice within the health system, the local middle school, and the community. Triple E was developed, with minimal funding, to combat the adolescent obesity epidemic occurring in a primary care practice. |
first_indexed | 2024-03-08T07:35:34Z |
format | Article |
id | doaj.art-c97e4c9f9dac440eb1f05caec347ec4b |
institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
issn | 2325-4017 |
language | English |
last_indexed | 2024-03-08T07:35:34Z |
publishDate | 2014-09-01 |
publisher | Clemson University Press |
record_format | Article |
series | Journal of Youth Development |
spelling | doaj.art-c97e4c9f9dac440eb1f05caec347ec4b2024-02-02T19:08:09ZengClemson University PressJournal of Youth Development2325-40172014-09-0193798310.5195/jyd.2014.5331A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary CareMeghan Bernetich0Jennifer A. Patterson1Crozer-Keystone Health SystemWidener UniversityAdolescent obesity is a growing national healthcare concern. Barriers to effective treatment, such as limited time for office visits and limited reimbursement for obesity counseling, leave both patient and practitioner feeling frustrated and unsupported. This article will discuss the adolescent weight management program, Triple E: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy. This program was created in collaboration with a pediatric primary care practice, a local university, an affiliated pediatric practice within the health system, the local middle school, and the community. Triple E was developed, with minimal funding, to combat the adolescent obesity epidemic occurring in a primary care practice.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/53 |
spellingShingle | Meghan Bernetich Jennifer A. Patterson A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care Journal of Youth Development |
title | A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care |
title_full | A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care |
title_fullStr | A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care |
title_full_unstemmed | A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care |
title_short | A Collaborative Effort to Address Adolescent Obesity in Primary Care |
title_sort | collaborative effort to address adolescent obesity in primary care |
url | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/53 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT meghanbernetich acollaborativeefforttoaddressadolescentobesityinprimarycare AT jenniferapatterson acollaborativeefforttoaddressadolescentobesityinprimarycare AT meghanbernetich collaborativeefforttoaddressadolescentobesityinprimarycare AT jenniferapatterson collaborativeefforttoaddressadolescentobesityinprimarycare |