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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Dec 15;55(12):1152–1159. doi: 10.1177/0009922815621331

Table 3.

Association between obesity-related behavior history, counseling and documentation of obesity

Documentation of
Obesity n=124 (%)
No Documentation of
Obesity n = 187 (%)
P-value
(univariate
analysis)
P-value
(logistic
regression)
Template use 65 (52) 72 (38) 0.01 0.03
Nutrition
documentation1
122 (98) 181(98) 0.38 0.98
Detailed nutrition
history2
75 (60) 101 (54) 0.26 -
Physical activity history 31 (27) 14 (11) <0.001 <0.001
Sugary drinks history 82 (66) 98 (52) 0.01 -
Fast food history3 19 (20) 14 (12) 0.13 -
Screen time history3 11 (9) 5 (2) 0.01 0.29
Nutritional counseling 82 (66) 82 (44) <0.001 -
Physical activity
counseling
28 (23) 17 (9) <0.001 -
Screen time counseling3 19 (15) 17 (9) 0.09 -
Trainee 60 (48) 58 (31) <0.001 0.03
Follow-up 29 (23) 19 (10) <0.001 -
1

Minimum documentation only for the automatic EHR prompts.

2

Detailed free-text description of the nutritional history.

3

Assessment based on the free-text description.