2022
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial
Fay C, Castro I, Velez D, Ruggiero C, O'Connor G, Perkins M, Luo M, Sharifi M, Mini F, Taveras E, Kuhlthau K, Fiechtner L. Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial. Childhood Obesity 2022, 19: 507-514. PMID: 36315223, PMCID: PMC10698771, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2022.0112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsBody mass index improvementWeight management interventionsImportant weight lossUnmet social needsPerspectives of caregiversHealthy weightHealth behaviorsNonrespondersSemistructured guideThematic saturationWeight lossWeight stigmaRespondersMindful eatingMulti-sector stakeholder's perceptions of determinants of successful implementation of a pediatric weight management intervention
Persaud A, Castro I, Simione M, Smith J, O'Connor G, Sharifi M, Perkins M, Torres S, Taveras E, Kuhlthau K, Fiechtner L. Multi-sector stakeholder's perceptions of determinants of successful implementation of a pediatric weight management intervention. Frontiers In Public Health 2022, 10: 954063. PMID: 36091513, PMCID: PMC9454190, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.954063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsWeight management interventionsCommunity settingsPre-implementation periodCommunity resource guideLow-income settingsUnmet social needsNational clinicPatient barriersHealthy weightFramework analysis approachPrimary careTwo-armFamily-centered programsHealth centersCFIR domainsGroup visitsConsolidated FrameworkInsurance reimbursementLocal YMCAManagement interventionsMultidisciplinary personnelClinicInterventionClinical organizations
2021
Characteristics of achieving clinically important weight loss in two paediatric weight management interventions
Fiechtner L, Castro I, Cheng ER, Sharifi M, Gerber MW, Luo M, Goldmann D, Sandel M, Block J, Orav EJ, Taveras EM. Characteristics of achieving clinically important weight loss in two paediatric weight management interventions. Pediatric Obesity 2021, 16: e12784. PMID: 33734583, PMCID: PMC8355061, DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsWeight management interventionsSevere obesityImportant weight lossSugary beveragesWeight lossBMI z-scoreLog-binomial regressionYears of ageHealth trialsMultivariable analysisLower BMILifestyle behaviorsAssociation of childAnalysis of childrenYounger ageZ-scoreObesityManagement interventionsLower likelihoodInterventionChildrenAgeBeveragesYears