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Brooke R Sweeney

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Laroche H, Fernandez C, Sweeney B, Dreyer Gillette M, Hampl S
Diabetes Spectr . 2024 Dec; 37(4):313-324. PMID: 39649695
Prevalence rates of pediatric obesity and diabetes are rising, and pediatric health care professionals are ideally situated to address these chronic diseases using a patient- and family-centered approach. This article...
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Quadri M, Ariza A, Tucker J, Bea J, King E, Kirk S, et al.
Child Obes . 2024 Aug; 21(1):50-64. PMID: 39187260
Factors associated with change in percent body fat (%BF) of children in pediatric weight management (PWM) care may differ from those associated with change in weight status. To describe %BF...
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Christison A, Ariza A, Fernandez C, Kumar S, Novick M, Santos M, et al.
Clin Obes . 2023 Jan; 13(3):e12577. PMID: 36631245
Paediatric weight management (PWM) programs in the United States (US) face challenges in providing sustainable multidisciplinary care for patients. The aim of this study was to report PWM program approaches...
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Dreyer Gillette M, Killian H, Fernandez C, Sweeney B
Curr Obes Rep . 2022 Nov; 11(4):227-235. PMID: 36319822
Purpose Of Review: This paper aims to summarize the literature regarding treatment of obesity in children with special healthcare needs and provide examples of implementation based on the available scientific...
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Cohen A, Farrow E, Abdelmoity A, Alaimo J, Amudhavalli S, Anderson J, et al.
Genet Med . 2022 Mar; 24(6):1336-1348. PMID: 35305867
Purpose: This study aimed to provide comprehensive diagnostic and candidate analyses in a pediatric rare disease cohort through the Genomic Answers for Kids program. Methods: Extensive analyses of 960 families...
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Friesen C, Hosey-Cojocari C, Chan S, Csanaky I, Wagner J, Sweeney B, et al.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) . 2021 Apr; 12:663351. PMID: 33927697
Obesity is the single greatest risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Without intervention, most pediatric patients with NAFLD continue to gain excessive weight, making early, effective weight loss...
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Killian H, Pallotto I, Sweeney B, Dreyer Gillette M
J Autism Dev Disord . 2021 Apr; 52(2):791-799. PMID: 33791886
Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are at an increased risk for developing obesity when compared to their typically developing peers. Given higher prevalence of obesity in youth with ASD,...
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Borner K, Mitchell T, Gray J, Davis A, Pont S, Sweeney B, et al.
J Pediatr Psychol . 2018 May; 43(9):1028-1037. PMID: 29771361
Objective: Latino youth are disproportionately affected by pediatric obesity and consequently experience impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Although many caregivers of Latino youth do not speak English fluently, no...
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Tester J, Phan T, Tucker J, Leung C, Dreyer Gillette M, Sweeney B, et al.
Pediatrics . 2018 Mar; 141(3). PMID: 29487163
Background And Objectives: As a distinct group, 2- to 5-year-olds with severe obesity (SO) have not been extensively described. As a part of the Expert Exchange Workgroup on Childhood Obesity,...
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Pona A, Dreyer Gillette M, Odar Stough C, Gerling J, Sweeney B
Child Obes . 2017 Jul; 13(6):455-461. PMID: 28719232
Background: Youth with disabilities are at increased risk for obesity compared with their typically developing peers and face unique barriers to healthy lifestyles. A limited number of weight management programs...