Welcome to this EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper.

In this session, Dr Kirsten Davison, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Nutrition Harvard, T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston discusses issues raised in her commentary of a mixed method study that explore the potential role of Maternal and Child Health nurses in delivering childhood obesity prevention services to promote optimal growth in young children.

As an expert in the field of evidence-based medicine, Dr Kirsten Davison, whose research primarily focuses on family and community level factors that influence children’s lifestyle behaviors and risk of obesity, reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy.

ebnurs-2015-102169.R1 Child health nurses miss opportunities to tackle obesity http://ebn.bmj.com/content/19/1/14.full

Original research article: Laws R, Campbell KJ, van der Pligt P, et al. Obesity prevention in early life: an opportunity to better support the role of Maternal and Child Health Nurses in Australia. BMC Nurs 2015; 14: 26.