Sarah Armstrong
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Armstrong's clinical and research interests are in the prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity. As director of the Duke Children's Healthy Lifestyles Program, Dr. Armstrong oversees a cohort of over 3000 overweight children and teenagers. Research questions of particular interest include sustaining effective outpatient management of overweight and obese children in a primary care setting, and factors that determine level of reimbursement.
Publications
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Armstrong SC, Neshteruk CD, Li JS, Kraus WE, Shah S, Story M, et al. Using Parks and Recreation Providers to Enhance Obesity Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 10;Aqeel A, Kay MC, Zeng J, Petrone BL, Yang C, Truong T, et al. Grocery intervention and DNA-based assessment to improve diet quality in pediatric obesity: a pilot randomized controlled study. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md). 2025 Feb;33(2):331–45.Atteh E, Armstrong S, Skinner A, Wood C. Increased BMI Velocity is Associated with Elevated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Scores in Adolescents with Obesity. Child Obes. 2024 Dec 10;Armstrong SC, Eneli I, Osganian SK, Wagner BE, Waldrop SW, Kelly AS. Pediatric Obesity Pharmacotherapy: State of the Science, Research Gaps, and Opportunities. Pediatrics. 2024 Nov 1;154(5).
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