Fitwits MD: An intervention to prevent childhood obesity

Authors

Diane J. Abatemarco, PhD, MSW, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Ann McGaffey, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ilene Katz Jewell, MSHyg, Case Western Reserve University
Susan K. Fidler, MD, Ambler Medical Associates
Kristin Hughes, MFA, Carnegie Mellon University School of Design

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to describe a comprehensive evaluation undertaken to study the feasibility of Fitwits MD, an intervention designed to assist primary care physicians to increase health fluency and affect wellness choices of children and their families. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic but there are few if any successful interventions to alter the course of childhood obesity. The intervention was created through the use of participatory design.

Recommended Citation

Abatemarco, PhD, MSW, Diane J.; McGaffey, MD, Ann; Jewell, MSHyg, Ilene Katz; Fidler, MD, Susan K.; and Hughes, MFA, Kristin, "Fitwits MD: An intervention to prevent childhood obesity" (2010). College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops. Paper 11.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/hplectures/11