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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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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, Catherine S. Birken
Apr 2019, 7 (2) E351-E359; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180174

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Sarah Carsley, Eliza I. Pope, Laura N. Anderson, Mark S. Tremblay, Karen Tu, Catherine S. Birken
Apr 2019, 7 (2) E351-E359; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180174
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