2024
High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity
Nugent J, Maciejewski K, Finn E, Grout R, Wood C, Esserman D, Michel J, Lu Y, Sharifi M. High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity. Childhood Obesity 2024 PMID: 38700557, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2023.0143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHypertensive BPHigh blood pressurePrevalence of high blood pressurePrimary care practicesAssociated with higher oddsUS health systemBlood pressureSustained hypertensionPre-intervention dataAged 3Multivariate logistic regressionStudy periodObesity practiceChildren aged 3Care practicesBMI classificationHealth systemBP percentilesHigher oddsDiagnosing sustained hypertensionObesity severityOverweight/obesityLogistic regressionHigh BPIII obesity
2021
Changes in Weight-Related Health Behaviors and Social Determinants of Health among Youth with Overweight/Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hu P, Samuels S, Maciejewski KR, Li F, Aloe C, Van Name M, Savoye M, Sharifi M. Changes in Weight-Related Health Behaviors and Social Determinants of Health among Youth with Overweight/Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Childhood Obesity 2021, 18: 369-382. PMID: 34919458, PMCID: PMC9492789, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverweight/obesityWeight-related health behaviorsHealth behaviorsSocial determinantsExact testObesity-related comorbiditiesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicRecreational screen timeVigorous physical activityFisher's exact testMultivariable regression modelsDisease 2019 pandemicStress Scale scoresBehavior changeHigher caregiver stressPhysical activityFood insecurityScale scoreAdolescents 13Caregiver stressObesityScreen timePsychosocial stressorsMost mealsHealth disparities
2018
Determinants of Binge Eating Symptoms in Children with Overweight/Obesity
Fiechtner L, Fonte ML, Castro I, Gerber M, Horan C, Sharifi M, Cena H, Taveras EM. Determinants of Binge Eating Symptoms in Children with Overweight/Obesity. Childhood Obesity 2018, 14: 510-517. PMID: 30153037, PMCID: PMC6249668, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2017.0311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbsence of hungerOverweight/obesityHigh prevalenceScreen timePrevalence ratiosGreater screen timeLong sleep durationDiagnosis of bingeBinge Eating SymptomsSevere obesityCommon symptomsPrimary careAssociation of childLow prevalenceSleep durationObesityMultivariate analysisSymptomsPrevalenceEating SymptomsEating DisordersBingeChildrenOne-thirdMultilevel determinants
2013
Evaluating the Implementation of Expert Committee Recommendations for Obesity Assessment
Sharifi M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Marshall R, Simon SR, Gillman MW, Finkelstein JA, Taveras EM. Evaluating the Implementation of Expert Committee Recommendations for Obesity Assessment. Clinical Pediatrics 2013, 52: 131-138. PMID: 23378479, DOI: 10.1177/0009922812471712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverweight/obesityExpert Committee recommendationsChildhood overweight/obesityPediatric overweight/obesityMultisite group practiceUptake of guidelinesObesity-related comorbiditiesElectronic health record dataWell-child visitsChildren 10 yearsRate of diagnosisHealth record dataRelease of recommendationsIncident overweightDiagnosis codesObesity assessmentChildren 2Committee's recommendationsICD-9ObesityLaboratory ordersRelated conditionsRecord dataGroup practiceClinicians