Publications
KNOWLEDGE IS
POWER
Since its creation in 2009, the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER) has endeavored to accumulate clinical data from individual comprehensive pediatric weight managment programs around the United States for overweight and obese youth. The end goal is to create a useful database that will inform research for years to come.
2021 Manuscript
Patient Retention in Pediatric Weight Management Programs in the United States: Analyses of Data from the Pediatrics Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER)
Asheley Skinner, Haolin Xu, Amy Christison, Cody Neshteruk, Suzanne Cuda, Melissa Santos, Jennifer K. Yee, Laine Thomas, Eileen King, and Shelley Kirk on behalf of the POWER Work Group. Accepted for publication in the journal, Childhood Obesity 6/24/2021.
2021 Platform Presentation
Effectiveness of enhancements to weight management programs for adolescents with severe obesity: a 6-month pilot two-site randomized clinical trial
Kirk S, Stratbucker W, Siegel R, Kelly AS, and King E. Pediatric Academic Societies – Virtual Conference, April 30 – May 4, 2021.
2020 Platform Presentation
Retention in Pediatric Weight Management Programs in the U.S.
Skinner AC, Xu H, Thomas L, Neshteruk C, Cuda S, Santos M, Yee J, King E, Christison A, Kirk. The Obesity Society-Virtual Conference--November 2020.
2020 Manuscript
Trends in prescribing anti-obesity pharmacotherapy for pediatric weight management:
Data from the POWER Work Group
Borzutzky C, King E, Fox CK, Stratbucker W, Tucker J, Yee JK, Kumar S, Cuda S, Sweeney B, Kirk S, On Behalf Of The Power Work Group. Trends in prescribing anti-obesity pharmacotherapy for paediatric weight management: Data from the POWER Work Group. Pediatr Obes. 2020 Sep 2:e12701. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12701. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32877010.
2020 Poster
Treating Youth with Obesity in the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER): Characteristics of Success
Cuda S, Sweeney B, King E, Christison A, Frank M, Stratbucker W, Tucker J, and Kirk S. Obesity Week, Virtual Conference - November 2-6, 2020 / Annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Virtual Conference – May 2020
2019 Poster
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.
2019 Invited Presentation
POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry): Clinical Experience and Health Outcomes of Treatment-Seeking Youth with Obesity
Kirk S. “Overcoming Obesity 2019” conference (1-day pediatric obesity track); sponsored by the Obesity Medicine Association, Boston, MA; October 5, 2019.
2019 Invited Presentation
POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry): Past, Present and Future
Kirk S. National webinar sponsored by the Weight Management Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, August 13, 2019.
2019 Poster
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.
2019 Manuscript
Long and Short of It: Early Response Predicts Longer-Term Outcomes in Pediatric Weight Management
Gross AC, Kaizer AM, Kelly AS, Rudser KD, Ryder JR, Borzutzky CR, Santos M, Tucker JM, Yee JK, Fox CK; POWER Work Group. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Feb;27(2):272-279. doi: 10.1002/oby.22367.PMID: 30677263
2018 Poster
Diabetes Screening in Youth with Obesity: Report of the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry
Kumar S, King E, Christison A, Fox, C, Cuda S, and Kirk S. Obesity Week, Nashville, TN - November 2018.
2018 Poster
Pharmacotherapy Use in Pediatric Weight Management Programs in U.S.
Fox C, King E, Kumar S, Yee J, Tucker J, Sweeney B, Cuda S, Borzutzky C, Oden J and Kirk S. Obesity Week, Nashville, TN - November 2018.
2018 Manuscript
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
2018 Poster
Pediatric Weight Management Program Factors Associated with Improvements in BMI Outcomes in the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER)
Tucker JM, Stratbucker W, King E, Cuda, SE, Negrete S, Sweeney B, Kumar S, Borzutzky C, Binns H, and Kirk S. Pediatrics Academic Societies, Toronto, Canada – May 2018.
2018 Manuscript
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Treatment-Seeking Youth versus population youth with obesity
Fox CK, Kaizer AM, Ryder JR, Rudser KD, Kelly AS, Kumar S, Gross AC; POWER Work Group. Cardiometabolic risk factors in treatment-seeking youth versus population youth with obesity. Obes Sci Pract. 2018 Apr 10;4(3):207-215. doi: 10.1002/osp4.166. PMID: 29951211; PMCID: PMC6009991.
2018 Invited Presentation
POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry)
Kirk S, King E. Work in Progress meeting for the Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute, University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, AR, January 10, 2018.
2017 Platform Presentation
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
2018 Poster
Characteristics of Pediatric Weight Management Programs in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis of Sites Participating in POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry)
Tucker JM, Stratbucker W, King E, Cuda, SE, Negrete S, Sweeney B, Kumar S, Borzutzky C, Binns H, and Kirk S. Pediatrics Academic Societies, Toronto, Canada – May 2018.
2017 Platform Presentation
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.
2017 Invited Presentation
Developing Precision Medicine Approaches to the Treatment of Severe Obesity in the Adolescent
Kirk S. NIH/NIDDK Sponsored Workshop: Rockville, MD - September 18-19, 2017
2017 Invited Presentation
Establishment of POWER
Kirk S. Annual meeting of the Obesity Medicine Association: Seattle, WA - April 23, 2017
2017 Manuscript
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
2016 Poster
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
2016 Invited Presentation
POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry)
Pediatric and Adolescent Session - Annual meeting of TOS. Organized by American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - Pediatric Committee; New Orleans, LA - November 3, 2016.
2015 Poster
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.
2015 Manuscript
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
2015 Invited Presentation
Special Interest Group: Pediatric Clinical Research Networks
Kirk S, Kelly A, Armstrong S, King E. “POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry)” –Annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego, CA - April 25, 2015.
2014 Poster
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.