TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial Disparities in Obesity Treatment Among Children and Adolescents
AU - Johnson, Veronica R.
AU - Acholonu, Nonyerem O.
AU - Dolan, Ana C.
AU - Krishnan, Ashwin
AU - Wang, Emily Hsu Chi
AU - Stanford, Fatima Cody
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the following sources of funding: Massachusetts General Hospital Executive Committee on Research (ECOR)(FCS) and National Institutes of Health NIDDK P30 DK040561 (FCS) and L30 DK118710 (FCS).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Purpose of Review: With the growing obesity epidemic among children and adolescents, the evaluation of disease origin to slow disease progression is necessary. Racial disparities which are evident amid prevalence and treatment must be studied to counteract disease propagation. Recent Findings: Disparities are pronounced among Black and Hispanic pediatric patients prior to conception and birth due to genetic composition and fetal environment. Postnatal environment and psychosocial influences can further increase a child/adolescent’s propensity to increased weight. Current treatment options including nutrition, physical activity, behavior modification, pharmacotherapy, and surgery are underutilized in communities of color due to limited access to care and cost. Summary: Data is limited to demonstrate disparities among treatment of obesity in children and adolescents. The reviewed studies show the role of race on disease treatment. Increased research efforts, especially in pharmacotherapy and metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), will help combat obesity in pediatric communities of color.
AB - Purpose of Review: With the growing obesity epidemic among children and adolescents, the evaluation of disease origin to slow disease progression is necessary. Racial disparities which are evident amid prevalence and treatment must be studied to counteract disease propagation. Recent Findings: Disparities are pronounced among Black and Hispanic pediatric patients prior to conception and birth due to genetic composition and fetal environment. Postnatal environment and psychosocial influences can further increase a child/adolescent’s propensity to increased weight. Current treatment options including nutrition, physical activity, behavior modification, pharmacotherapy, and surgery are underutilized in communities of color due to limited access to care and cost. Summary: Data is limited to demonstrate disparities among treatment of obesity in children and adolescents. The reviewed studies show the role of race on disease treatment. Increased research efforts, especially in pharmacotherapy and metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), will help combat obesity in pediatric communities of color.
KW - Disparities
KW - Lifestyle intervention
KW - Metabolic and bariatric surgery
KW - Pediatric/adolescent obesity treatment
KW - Pharmacotherapy
KW - Race
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U2 - 10.1007/s13679-021-00442-0
DO - 10.1007/s13679-021-00442-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33988825
AN - SCOPUS:85105959541
SN - 2162-4968
VL - 10
SP - 342
EP - 350
JO - Current obesity reports
JF - Current obesity reports
IS - 3
ER -
