Attrition in the Management of Paediatric Obesity
Dr. Geoff Ball, Ph.D, RD, Alberta Health Services
Geoff is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Alberta Health Services Chair in Obesity Research at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He’s also the Founding Director of the Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health, a multidisciplinary obesity management clinic at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Complementing his research program in managing and preventing obesity in children, he is working in partnership with Obesity Canada and a national committee of parents, clinicians, and researchers to update the Canadian clinical practice guideline for managing pediatric obesity.
Resources Mentioned in Session
- Alberta Health Services
- Alberta Innovates
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Obesity Canada
- Women and Children’s Health Research Institute
- Screening for Obesity and Intervention for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
- Dose, Content, and Mediators of Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial
- The engagement pathway: A conceptual framework of engagement-related terms in weight management
- Attrition and the management of pediatric obesity: an integrative review
- Should I stay or should I go? Understanding families’ decisions regarding initiating, continuing, and terminating health services for managing pediatric obesity: the protocol for a multi-center, qualitative study
- Why do parents discontinue health services for managing paediatric obesity? A multi-centre, qualitative study
- Recommendations From Parents to Improve Health Services for Managing Pediatric Obesity in Canada
- Strategies to reduce attrition in managing paediatric obesity: A systematic review