Obesity and children/teens

[Matt2004]

Good day to you! Thank you for taking the time to look at my posting. I am an RN with 15 years of experience in adult inpatient and outpatient. I most recently have been working as an adult APN in primary care for the past 2 years. I am very interested in focusing my time on obesity and mental health amongst school aged and adolescents. I am trying to obtain information from nurses who work/have worked in pediatrics  regarding current treatments and strategies for the overwhelming amount of obesity we are facing.

I am trying to formulate a strategy to put my time towards community nursing of this population and their parents but other than published information and being a parent myself, I have not encountered any pediatricians or family providers who are aggressively addressing this issue. Therefore, I want to become a leader and try to tackle this issue, but do not work in pediatrics and would appreciate your time or advice on the needs you are seeing and any published information or programs in the United States that are being offered to this.

Lastly, if you have done on any research on this topic for school, that also would be helpful if you have identified any studies that might also be used as a reference. Thanks and most importantly, thank YOU for choosing to be a professional nurse and caring for others in our communities!!

[RNNPICU, BSN, RN]

Try looking at Colorectal Surgery this might help broaden your search as well as options.  Some hospitals and clinics use this terminology.