POWER

Predictors of Elevated Blood Pressure in Youth with Obesity

Binns H, Joseph M, Cuda S, Skinner A, Xu H, Tucker J, Ariza AJ, Hampl S, Santos M, Mayo S, King EC, Kirk S, on behalf of the POWER Work Group. Obesity Week, Las Vegas, NV - November 2019.

Changes to Blood Pressure Interpretations by Applying 2017 Guidelines to Youth with Obesity

Binns H, Tucker J, Ariza AJ, Skinner A, Joseph M, Hampl S, Cuda S, Xu H, Santos M, Mayo S, King EC, Kirk S, on behalf of the POWER Work Group. Obesity Week, Las Vegas, NV - November 2019.

Health Outcomes of Youth in Clinical Pediatric Weight Management Programs in POWER

Kumar S, King EC, Christison AL, Kelly AS, Ariza AJ, Borzutzky C, Cuda S, Kirk S, and on behalf of the POWER Work Group. Health Outcomes of Youth in Clinical Pediatric Weight Management Programs in POWER.  Manuscript accepted for publication by The Journal of Pediatrics on 12/19/2018. J Pediatr. 2019 May;208:57-65.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.12.049. Epub 2019 Mar 8. PMID: 30853195

Health outcomes of youth with obesity receiving care from pediatric weight management programs enrolled in POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry). 

Kumar S, King E, Kelly A, Christison A, Ariza A, Cuda S, Oden J, O’Hara V, Borzutzky C, Kirk S. Annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, CA – May 2017

Early BMI Reduction Predicts Longer-term Outcomes in Pediatric Weight Management Programs. 

Gross AC, Kaizer AM, Kelly AS, Rudser KD, Ryder JR, Borzutzky CB, Santos M, Tucker JM, Yee JK, Fox CK. Annual meeting of The Obesity Society, Washington, DC - November 2017.

Establishment of the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER): A National Research Collaborative for Identifying the Optimal Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Obesity

Kirk S, Armstrong S, King EC, Trapp CM, Grow HM, Tucker JM, Joseph MM, Liu LL, and Stratbucker W, on behalf of the POWER Work Group. Childhood Obesity 2017; 13(1):9-17.  PMID: 27732057

Treatment Seeking vs. Community Population of Youth with Obesity: Are they Different? 

Gross AC, Kaizer A, Rudser KD, Ryder JR, Kumar S, Kelly AS, and Fox CK, on behalf of the POWER Work Group. Top-scoring abstract selected for “Poster Theater Presentation” at Annual meeting of The Obesity Society, New Orleans, LA - November 2016 

A New Prospective National Registry for Treatment-seeking Youth with Obesity: Descriptive Analyses of Participating Multicomponent Pediatric Weight Management Programs

Kirk S, Abraham-Pratt I, Ariza A, Armstrong S, Binns H, Borzutzky C, Boyle K, Christison A, Cuda S, Dalen J, de la Torre A, Dedekian M, Fals A, Fathima S, Fink S, Fox C, Gaddis M, Grow M, Herring W, Jenkins L, Johanns L, Johnston S, Joseph M, Kelly A, King E, Kumar S, Negrete S,  Oden J, O’Hara V,  Stratbucker W, Sweeney B, Tester J, Trapp C, Tucker J, Walsh S, Ward W,  Weedn A, Williams R, Wittcopp C, Woolford S. Annual meeting of The Obesity Society, Los Angeles, CA - November 2015.

Characteristics of Youth Presenting for Weight Management: Retrospective National Data from the POWER Study Group

Jasik, CB, King EC, Rhodes E, Sweeney B, Mietus-Snyder M, Grow HM, Harris JM, Lostocco L. Estrada E, Boyle K, Tucker JM, Eneli IU, Woolford SJ, Datto G, Stratbucker W, and Kirk S. Childhood Obesity 2015; 11(5):630-7. PMID: 26440387

Late to Care:  Baseline characteristics of obese youth presenting for weight management using national data: Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER)

Jasik C, King E, Sweeney B, Harris M, Lostocco L, Boyle K, Grow M, Mietus-Snyder M, Stratbucker W, Rhodes E, Estrada E, Tucker J, Datto G, Kirk S. Annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Vancouver, Canada - May 2014.