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| take the total body weight in kilograms and divide it by the height squared. |
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| T or F: ALL of the following are increased with obesity in pediatric patients: Type II DM, CAD, HTN, cancer, joint disease, gallbladder disease, pulmonary disease. |
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| 80% of preschool children, school-age children, or adolescent children who are obese tend to develop in to obese adults? |
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| Which cancer is the primary cancer that patients are at increased risk for developing when they are obese? |
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| 25% of obese children have evidence of what metabolic abnormality? |
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| glucose metabolism (demonstrate tolerance) |
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| What is the primary psychological development of obesity in pediatric patients? |
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| What disease state affecting intracranial pressure can manifest from severe obesity? |
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| What are the long term effects of chronic obesity on the liver? |
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| Fatty change, fibrosis, possible cirrhosis |
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| What cutaneous pigmentation change is evident in many obese children? |
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| acanthosis nigricans (an eruption of velvet, warty, benign growths and hyperpigmentation occurring in the skin of axillae, neck, anogenital area, and groin) |
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| What vascular disease advances in obese patients at a much faster rate? |
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| What is the only treatment for steatohepatitis? |
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| What percentage of cholelithiasis cases are due to obesity? |
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| What portion of obese children have an abnormal polysomnogram? |
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| What name is granted to the following: hypoxia, hypercapnea, RV hypertrophy/failure, polycythemia? |
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| obesity hypoventilation syndrome (Pockwickian syndrome) |
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| What percentage of children diagnosed with HTN are obese? |
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| What is the most significant "cost" of obesity? |
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| Obese individuals are on average have harder times finding employment, make less money, and also have trouble marrying |
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| Blount disease develops in obese pediatric patients. What is Blount disease? |
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| tibia vara; nonrachitic bowlegs in children |
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| According to Dr. Ahmand's slides, if you consume an extra 100 calories per day for an entire year, you can expect to put on how any pounds? |
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| Higher cholesterol levels have been linked to what common American household activity involving inactivity? |
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| What laboratory values may be of assistance when evaluating an obese child? |
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| fasting lipid panel, fasting glucose and insulin level, HgB A1C, thyroid studies |
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| What behavior modification advice is best to utilize when advising a parent or pediatric patient on weight loss? |
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| Make a few changes at a time, not all at once |
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| In general what benefit has evidence based medical studies demonstrated about the effectiveness of medication in the assistance of weight loss? |
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| little; largely insignificant |
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| Is behavioral modification more effective in adults or children? |
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| What is the risk of any child becoming obese if both parents are lean? |
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| What is the risk of any child becoming obese if both parents are obese? |
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| What post-parturition maternal habit has been demonstrate to reduce the BMI of her child up to 6 years post birth? |
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| What "positive" reinforcement behavior of the parent should be avoided when rearing children? |
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| Ideally every child should have how much time at physical play per day? |
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| What drug modifies eating behavior by providing a sense of satiety? |
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| What is the mechanism of action or orlistat? |
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| reduces absorption of dietary fat |
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| Bariatric surgery may be indicated in pediatric patients over what BMI? |
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