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Roohi Kharofa, MD, MPH


  • Attending Physician, Center for Better Health & Nutrition, HealthWorks!
  • Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2009.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2012.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2012.

Fellowship: Pediatric Primary Care Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2014; Pediatric Primary Care Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.

MPH: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2014.

Interests

Clinical; pediatric weight management

Services and Specialties

Obesity Prevention, Center for Better Health and Nutrition

Interests

Obesity; nutrition; physical activity

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Publications

Telehealth Use in a National Pediatric Weight Management Sample During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stackpole, KM W; Kharofa, RY; Tucker, JM; Novick, MB; Fals, AM; Bernier, AV; Tammi, EM; Khoury, PR; Siegel, R; Paul, S; Naramore, SK; Moore, JM. Childhood Obesity. 2024; 20:309-320.

Interventions for Children and Adolescents With High Body Mass Index-Implementing the Recommendations in Clinical Practice. Kharofa, RY; Crimmins, NA; Shah, AS. JAMA network open. 2024; 7:e2418201.

Body Mass Index Increased at a Large Midwestern Children's Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Siegel, R; Khoury, P; Spooner, SA; Stackpole, K; Allen, N; Kirk, S; Kharofa, R. Childhood Obesity. 2023; 19:364-372.

Associations Between Age of Onset of Pediatric Overweight/Obesity, a Child's Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Characteristics of a Child's Home Census Tract. Bhattacharya, P; Klein, MD; Beck, AF; Xu, Y; Kharofa, RY. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2023; 37:664-668.

Seasonal variability in body mass index change among children enrolled in the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry: A step in the right direction. Lane, TS; Sonderegger, DL; Binns, HJ; Kirk, S; Christison, AL; Novick, M; Tucker, J; King, E; Wallace, S; Brazendale, K; Kharofa, RY; Walka, S; Heer, HD. Pediatric Obesity. 2023; 18:e13012.

Effects of Loss and Gain Incentives on Adherence in Pediatric Weight Management: Preliminary Studies and Economic Evaluation of a Theoretical Trial. Siegel, R; McGrady, ME; Dynan, L; Kharofa, R; Stackpole, K; Casson, P; Siegel, F; Kasparian, NA. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20.

Families Chose In-Person Visits over Telehealth for Pediatric Weight Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Siegel, R; Stackpole, K; Kirk, S; Kharofa, R. Childhood Obesity. 2022; 18:572-575.

Pediatric weight management amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a natural telemedicine experiment. Kharofa, RY; Stackpole, K; Anthony, C; Moorhead, R; Siegel, RM. Children's Health Care. 2022; 51:431-442.

The Longitudinal Relation between Infant Feeding Styles and Growth Trajectories among Families from Low-Income Households. Khalsa, AS; Copeland, KA; Kharofa, RY; Geraghty, SR; Dewitt, TG; Woo, JG. The Journal of nutrition. 2022; 152:2015-2022.

Pediatric youth who have obesity have high rates of adult criminal behavior and low rates of homeownership. Powell, AW; Siegel, Z; Kist, C; Mays, WA; Kharofa, R; Siegel, R. SAGE Open Medicine. 2022; 10:20503121221127884.

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