A5099089345- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Obesity and Health Practices
University of Pittsburgh
2024
Several clinical practice guidelines advise race- and ethnicity-based screening for youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) due to a higher prevalence among American Indian Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic youths compared with White youths. However, rather than biological risk, this disparity likely reflects the inequitable distribution of adverse social determinants health (SDOH), product interpersonal structural racism.
Summary Background Recent pediatric guidelines recommend clinicians offer anti‐obesity medication (AOM) as an adjunct to intensive lifestyle intervention. Objective To investigate pediatricians' perspectives about prescribing AOM, including barriers and facilitators. Methods An investigator‐developed survey was emailed primary care physicians ( n = 187) advanced practice providers 190) within academic‐affiliated network. The evaluated how willing were prescribe AOM their agreement with 25...