TY - JOUR T1 - Assessment of childhood obesity in secondary care: OSCA consensus statement JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 98 LP - 105 DO - 10.1136/edpract-2011-301426 VL - 97 IS - 3 AU - Russell M Viner AU - Billy White AU - Timothy Barrett AU - David C A Candy AU - Penny Gibson AU - John W Gregory AU - Krystyna Matyka AU - Kenneth Ong AU - Edna Roche AU - Mary C J Rudolf AU - Guftar Shaikh AU - J P Shield AU - J K Wales Y1 - 2012/06/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/97/3/98.abstract N2 - This expert opinion provides detailed guidance on assessing obesity in secondary paediatric practice. This guidance builds on existing recommendations from National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK, and is evidence based where possible. Guidance is provided on which obese children and young people are appropriate to be seen in secondary care and relevant history and investigations, and guidance on when further investigation of causes and obesity-related comorbidity is appropriate. ER -