Conclusion
With the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, it is critical that graduating nurses and currently practicing nurses are competent to assess and intervene in their practice areas for childhood obesity prevention. Thus nursing and staff education must be adapted to incorporate the content and skills necessary to prevent and intervene with families of children at risk for or experiencing obesity. With purposeful thought, faculty members and staff educators can develop teaching strategies that provide students and RNs opportunities for applying the core concepts and developing competence in the assessment, prevention, education, advocacy, and management of childhood obesity.
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