WIN Notes
Spring 2000
Design of
Clinical Trial
Underway
Genes Play
Key Role in
Childhood
Obesity
Gorden
Continues
Distinguished
Research
Career
at NIH
Schools Instill
Healthier
Habits in
Youth
Weight
Concerns
May Trigger
Smoking in
Youth
Conference
Highlights
Obesity as a
Public Health
Crisis
Girl
Power and
You! Begins
Phase II
NIDDK
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Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health: Birth Through Age Six. S.B. Roberts and M.B. Heyman, Bantam Books, 1999.
Written by a nutrition researcher and a pediatric gastroenterologist, this book offers parents guidance on teaching children to like a variety of healthful foods to get them into a lifelong habit of eating healthily to stay healthy. The information is based on the principle that foods eaten early in childhood affect the way individual cells work to control the immune system and other functions later in life. Recipes, healthy snacks, sample meals, and hints for dealing with finicky eaters are provided. Available in bookstores.
Obesity and Youth. 1999.
This fact sheet reports that diabetes, hypertension, and other obesity-related chronic diseases that are prevalent among adults are becoming more common in youth, and that the percentage of children and adolescents in the United States who are overweight and obese is now at its highest. The fact sheet outlines factors related to obesity in youth, making it a major health care challenge for the 21st century.
Published by and available from the American Obesity Association, 1250 24th Street, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. 1-800-98-OBESE. www.obesity.org.
Obesity—A Global Epidemic. 1999.
This fact sheet discusses the increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide in both developing and developed countries. It presents the environmental and behavioral changes brought about by economic development, modernization, and urbanization that have been linked to a rise in global obesity.
Published by and available from the American Obesity Association, 1250 24th Street, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. 1-800-98-OBESE. www.obesity.org.
Helping Your Child Lose Weight and Helping Your Child Keep a Healthy Weight. Rebecca Moran, M.D., 1999.
These fact sheets are intended for physicians to give to their patients. Using a question-and-answer format, they offer information to parents on the medical causes of obesity in children, and ways to increase children's physical activity and improve their eating habits. American Family Physician. 59(2):871-873. February 15, 1999. Available from the American Academy of Family Physicians, 8880 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114. (816) 333-9700. www.aafp.org.
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