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Temporal trends in severe obesity prevalence in children and youth from primary care electronic medical records in Ontario: a repeated cross-sectional study

Sarah Carsley, Eliza I. Pope, Laura N. Anderson, Mark S. Tremblay, Karen Tu and Catherine S. Birken; for the Team to Address Bariatric Care in Canadian Children
May 19, 2019 7 (2) E351-E359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180174
Sarah Carsley
Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Eliza I. Pope
Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Laura N. Anderson
Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Mark S. Tremblay
Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Karen Tu
Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Catherine S. Birken
Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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vol. 7 no. 2 E351-E359
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180174
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31110113
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  • Published online May 19, 2019.
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  1. Sarah Carsley, PhD,
  2. Eliza I. Pope, BHSc,
  3. Laura N. Anderson, PhD,
  4. Mark S. Tremblay, PhD,
  5. Karen Tu, MD MSc,
  6. Catherine S. Birken, MD MSc
  7. for the Team to Address Bariatric Care in Canadian Children
  1. Department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (Carsley), Public Health Ontario; Faculty of Medicine (Pope), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Anderson), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (Tremblay), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Tu), University of Toronto; Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Birken), the Hospital for Sick Children; Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatric Medicine (Birken), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: Catherine Birken, catherine.birken{at}sickkids.ca
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