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Nemours Health & Prevention Services: Publications

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Policy and Practice Changes Encourage Primary Care Providers to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Youth

Policy and Practice Changes Encourage Schools to Promote Behavior Change in Students, Leading to Better Physical Fitness

Statewide Initiative Combines Policy, Practice-Based Changes, and Social Marketing to Produce Positive Behavior Changes, Help Halt Increase in Childhood Obesity

Policy and Practice Changes in Childcare Settings Promote Healthy Eating and More Physical Activity in Children

Description

This Web page from Nemours Health & Prevention Services offers free downloads of their published materials regarding overweight children, emotional health, and public health promotion. It includes toolkits, guides, and reports on how to prevent and treat children with weight and nutrition issues.

Materials available include:

Tools for early childhood professionals
- Sesame Street® Healthy Habits for Life
- Best Practices for Healthy Eating
- Best Practices for Physical Activity
The First Years in the First State Toolkit
- Administrators' guide
- Menu planning guide
- Shopping cheat sheet handout
Tools for health care professionals
- Early childhood primary care toolkit (Birth – 5-year-olds)
- Middle childhood primary care toolkit (6 – 11-year-olds)
- Late childhood primary care toolkit (12 – 18-year-olds)
- 5-2-1-Almost None primary care toolkit
Research and reports

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.nemours.org/content/nemours/wwwv2/service/health/growuphealthy.html

Developer

Nemours Health & Prevention Services

Funding Sources

Nemours Foundation

QualityTool Topic

Disease/Condition-Related; Patient/Medication safety; Prevention and wellness

History

Release Date: 01/2009
Original Summary: 03/2011

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Patient Population:

Adolescent (13-18 years)