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The German Working Group of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence (AGA): Improving the Quality of Care for Overweight and Obese Children in Germany

Reinehr T.a · Holl R.W.b · Wabitsch M.c

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a Vestische Hospital for Children and Adolescents Datteln, University of Witten-Herdecke, bInstitute for Epidemiology, c Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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PD Dr. med. Thomas Reinehr, Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Universität Witten-Herdecke, Dr. F. Steiner Straβe 5, 45711 Datteln, Germany, Tel. +49 2363 975-229, Fax -218, E-mail T.Reinehr@kinderklinik-datteln.de

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Abstract

The Working Group of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence (AGA) comprises scientists, clinicians, and therapists dealing with obesity in children and adolescents. More than 250 pediatricians, psychiatrics, dieticians, psychologists and sports therapists are integrated. On an international level, the AGA cooperates with the European Childhood Obesity Group and the International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) for Childhood Obesity. The aims of the AGA are to initiate clinical and scientific studies, to join diagnostic, therapeutic and scientific centers, to improve the education, to support self-help groups, and to standardize diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the field of obesity in childhood and adolescence. The milestones in the history of the AGA are the consensus process to define overweight and obesity in Germany, the development of guidelines for diagnostic procedures and treatment of obesity in childhood and adolescence, the determination of all therapy centers for obese children and adolescents in Germany, the development of a PC software (APV) to document longitudinally diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as outcomes by a quality management program, the certification of therapeutic institutions, and the implementation of prevention and treatment studies. As effect of these initiatives, the quality of care in overweight children has been improved in the last years. For example, the APV quality program demonstrated an increase of diagnostic procedures such as blood pressure measurement in the last 4 years.

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Published online: February 08, 2008
Issue release date: March 2008

Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 6
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 1662-4025 (Print)
eISSN: 1662-4033 (Online)

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