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Helping Your Overweight Child
DHHS. NIH. NIDDK. Weight-control Information Network.
Targeted to parents and caregivers.

Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth
NAS. IOM. Food and Nutrition Board.
Final report and related materials from Institute of Medicine's study assessing childhood obesity in the US.

Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Nutrition.
Policy statement.

Your Child's Weight: Help Your Child with Successful Weight Management
USDA. ARS. Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Also available in Spanish (PDF|1.1 MB).

2000 CDC Growth Charts: United States
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Health Statistics.

BMI for Children and Teens
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
CDC BMI-for-age gender specific charts, with established percentile cutoff points to identify underweight and overweight in children.

Is Dieting OK for Kids?
Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth.
Article for kids about what dieting is and if they should do it.

Overweight Children and Youth
Child Trends DataBank.
Also available in PDF|416 KB.

Prevention of Childhood Overweight -- What Should Be Done? (PDF|621 KB)
University of California Berkeley. College of Natural Resources. Center for Weight and Health.
2001 Position paper.

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)
DHHS. National Institutes of Health.
A national program for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight.

Childhood Obesity: A Lifelong Threat to Health (PDF|713 KB)
Georgetown University. Center on an Aging Society.

Fact Sheets and Resource Kits on Children and Weight
University of California Berkeley. College of Natural Resources. Center for Weight and Health.

Promotion of Healthy Weight-Control Practices in Young Athletes
American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.
Policy statement.

Childhood Overweight
American Public Health Association. Food and Nutrition Section.
Resources for education, policy development, and public health practice.

Children and Body Weight Issue: Resources for Communities
Purdue University. Purdue Extension. Consumer & Family Sciences
Provides links to a variety of community- and school-oriented programs using various approaches to help families and children develop lifestyles to achieve and maintain healthy weight.

Nutrition for your Child: Ten Steps to a Healthy Weight (PDF|64 KB)
24 Carrot Press. Feeding Kids Newsletter.

Childhood Obesity Reports and Studies
USDA. NAL. FNIC. Healthy Meals Resource System.
Collection of resources includes reports and studies from professional journals (published 2000 to present), information available on the World Wide Web, educational materials and contact information of related organizations.

Childhood Obesity: A Food and Nutrition Resource List for Educators and Researchers (PDF|163KB)
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Compilation of articles from professional journals and also includes consumer education materials and information available online.

Overweight Children, Is Parental Knowledge a Factor? (PDF|86 KB)
USDA. Economic Research Service. Food Review.

MCH Library Knowledge Path: Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Georgetown University. Maternal and Child Health Library.
Components of this knowledge path include links to Web sites, electronic publications, databases, and discussion groups related to the topic of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.

Weight Management and Obesity Resource List (PDF|285 KB)
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Includes resources for children and adolescents.

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Obesity and Physical Activity Issue
American Medical Association. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Table of contents from August 2003 issue devoted to obesity. Covers behavioral and mental health issues as well as prevalence and treatment issues. Abstracts available; subscription or purchase necessary for full text.

Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Promoting Healthy Weight in Children (PDF|139 KB)
Society for Nutrition Education. Weight Realities Division.
Recommendations (2003) for program planners, parents, teachers, school staff, and health professionals concerned about children and weight.

Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 2003-2004
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Health Statistics.

Prevention of Childhood Obesity: Understanding the Influences of Marketing, Media, and Family Dynamics
National Academies. Institute of Medicine.
Workshop audio and slide presentations, December 2003. Sound files require RealPlayer.

Last Modified: Feb 27, 2009


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			Evaluating Weight Control Programs


			Practical, Healthy Weight Control


			Adolescent and Childhood Obesity


			Non-Diet Approaches


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