3480 - APA Obesity SIG

Monday, April 25, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM US MT

Location: Convention Center: 103/105

CE: Live CME: 1.5

Course Number: 3480

SIG Chair(s)

Nakiya Showell, MD, MPH, MHS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Charles Wood, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Kristen Copeland, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor, U of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Nakiya N. Showell, MD, MPH, MHS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Charles Wood, MD, MPH, FAAP: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Kristen Copeland, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Trends in Child Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Widening Disparities & Solution-Oriented Strategies to Power Forward: Disparities in obesity are persistent and pervasive among Black, Latinx and low-income children and families living in the U.S. Underlying drivers of such disparities including political will, economic disadvantage, and other social conditions such as racism have been amplified by the present COVID-19 crisis and threaten to curtail efforts to address pandemic-associated increases in obesity among children. Now more than ever, innovative multi-faceted and solution-oriented approaches are desperately needed to reduce the potential for widening inequities in obesity and stem the tide of the obesity epidemic.

We have gathered experts in epidemiologic trends in childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic (Woolford), solution-oriented approaches to address racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity disparities (Hernandez). These leaders will offer short presentations and help lead small group breakout discussions on their relevant content areas.

Presentations:

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM US MT

Widening Child and Adolescent Obesity Disparities: Solution-oriented Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
SIG Speaker: Raquel G. Hernandez, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM US MT

Trends in Child and Adolescent Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic
SIG Speaker: Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH – University of Michigan Medical School
SIG Speaker: Corinna Koebnick, MS, PhD – Kaiser Permanente Southern California