Monday, July 4, 2011

Dietitian Educator Plan to Help Reduce Childhood Comorbidity

Dorian Venable, M.Ed, RD, LD, CHES, NASM-CPT, ACE-CFI



Abstract
A growing number of youth are becoming vulnerable towards chronic diseases in our community. Identifying childhood obesity is vital to prevent these high-risk groups from developing into comorbidity conditions, which are multitudes of chronic ailments. In the past, social economical factors leading to haphazard planning were considered responsible for poor nutritional outcomes and overweight issues. Current research indicates that comorbidity is more complex and requires educational preventive tools to overcome obesogenic environments. A series of relevant prevention protocols requires that each person find: valid awareness of obesogenic diseases, risk factors,

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