Links
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Overweight and Obesity
American Heart Association (AHA): Childhood Obesity
American Medical Association (AMA): Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Healthy People 2010
Institute of Medicine (IOM): Childhood Obesity Prevention
Maternal and Child Health Library, Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents Knowledge Path, provided by Georgetown University
National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICH-Q): Childhood Obesity
Office of the Surgeon General: Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): Childhood Obesity
Guidelines
Obesity Evaluation and Treatment, Expert Committee Recommendations, Pediatrics, 1998
Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement, published in Pediatrics, February, 2010
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and - Obesity Overweight in Children and Adolescents, 2001
Expert Committee Recommendations on the Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, January 25, 2007
Full Report, Supplement issue of Pediatrics, December, 2007
Introduction, Joylene John-Sowah
Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report, Sarah Barlow et al.
Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, Nancy Krebs et al.
Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity, Matthew Davis et al.
Recommendations for Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, Bonnie Spear et al.
Breastfeeding Trends and Updated National Health Objectives for Exclusive Breastfeeding --- United States, Birth Years 2000--2004, MMWR, August, 2007
Guidelines for the Prevention & Treatment of Pediatric Obesity, from the Endocrine Society, and published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, September, 2008 (abstract)
Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Number 170, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), September, 2008
Childhood Obesity: Treatment Patterns, Disparities in Care and Prevalent Medical Conditions
Graphs illustrating Costs of Obesity
News
Pediatrics Supplement on BMI, September, 2009
Prevalence of High Body Mass Index in US Children and Adolescents. 2007-2008, Ogden et al. JAMA.2010;303(3): 242-249
Effects of Childhood Obesity on Hospital Care and Costs, 1999-2005: Estimating the social costs of obesity allows us to determine whether investment in various interventions would be worth considering, in Health Affairs, July, 2009.
Dynamics of Obesity and Chronic Health Conditions Among Children and Youth, Van Cleave, et al. in JAMA, February 17, 2010. Abstract.
Childhood Obesity, Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Premature Death, Franks, et al. in NEJM 2010;362(6):458-93.
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Early-Life Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity, Taveras et al in Pediatrics 2010 (March online)
Multiple Markers of Inflammation and Weight Status: Cross-sectional Analyses Throughout Childhood, Skinner et al., Pediatrics, April, 2010. Abstract.
Prevalence of Extreme Obesity in a Multiethnic Cohort of Children and Adolescents, Koebnick et al., Journal of Pediatrics, July,2010. Abstract
National Health Statistic Reports, Changes in Terminology for Childhood Overweight and Obesity, Ogden-CL and Flegal-KM, CDC, June, 2010.
Coverage of Obesity Treatment: A State-by-State Analysis of Medicaid and State Insurance Laws, Lee-JS et al, Public Health Reports, July-August 2010, v. 125,596-604.
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