Diane Dooley|Nicolette M. Moultrie|Elsbeth Sites|Patricia B. Crawford
Primary care interventions to reduce childhood obesity and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: Food for thought for oral health professionals
University of California, San Francisco|Diablo Valley College|University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources|University of California, Berkeley
childhood obesity remains significant threat americas children health care leaders increasingly called upon oral health professionals integrate healthy weight promotion enhanced sugarsweetened beverage counseling professional practices aim scoping review examine recent evidence regarding effectiveness primary care childhood obesity interventions potential adoption oral health professionalsmedine pubmed searched 2010 2016 review articles studies reporting patient outcomes policy outcomes relevant primary care childhood obesity interventions children ages 211 years additional articles accessed relevant websites journals references screening criteria included interventions could adopted oral health professionalsfortytwo articles met inclusion criteria effective interventions fell four domains familybased programs motivational interviewing officebased practice tools policy interventions despite strong evidence linking consumption sugarsweetened beverages childhood obesity review find evidence primary care programs effectively targeting reducing childhood sugary drinkseffective primary care interventions addressing childhood obesity identified although shortterm effectiveness demonstrated dissemination practices well research advocacy needed childhood obesity poor oral health share many common risk factors additional research focus benefits feasibility widespread interdisciplinary medicaloral health collaboration addressing two prevalent diseases childhood