"006–Investigation of Nurses' Reports on Symptom Severity and Symptom Management for Hospitalized Obese Children in the Perioperative Period" by Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Article

006–Investigation of Nurses' Reports on Symptom Severity and Symptom Management for Hospitalized Obese Children in the Perioperative Period

Journal of Pediatric Nursing (2006)

Luanne Linnard-Palmer, Department of Nursing, Dominican University of California

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a significantly growing epidemic affecting a wide range of members of the pediatric population. In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics revealed that up to 30% of the nation's pediatric population are overweight or obese and that there is a potential that another 30% of the population are at high risk of becoming obese (Weightawareness.com). In the United States in 1991, there were only four states in which obesity rates were greater than 15%; by 2001, only one state had an obesity rate below 15%. In fact, obesity rates are greater than 20% in most states, as in the study of Mokdad et al. (1999).

Disciplines

Nursing

Publication Date

April, 2006

DOI

10.1016/j.pedn.2006.01.078

Citation Information

Luanne Linnard-Palmer. "006–Investigation of Nurses' Reports on Symptom Severity and Symptom Management for Hospitalized Obese Children in the Perioperative Period" Journal of Pediatric Nursing Vol. 21 Iss. 2 (2006) p. 138 ISSN: 1532-8449
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/luanne_linnard-palmer/43/