Kids Health for Parents
Parents Talk
Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
BodyWorks: A Toolkit for Healthy Girls and Strong Women
Children and Electronic Media, the entire spring issue, 2008 of The Future of Children
Study Calls on Parents to Promote Health Habits, not Diets, among Overweight Teens, Pediatrics, June, 2008 abstract
Weighty Issues for Parents, Time Magazine, June 12, 2008 by Lori Oliwenstein
Peer Pressure Can Carry Great Weight in Girls' Eating and Exercise Habits, Washington Post, July 15, 2008
Preschool Child Care Participation and Obesity at the Start of Kindergarten, Pediatrics, August 1, 2008
Obesity on the Kids' Menus at Top Chains, reported by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, August 4, 2008
Active Video Games Help Kids Exercise, by Steven Reinberg, as reported in HealthDay, September, 2008
Kids of Stressed, Low-Income Moms Prone to Weight Problems as reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 2, 2008
Childhood obesity is top health concern for parents, reported in the Huntington, WV Dispatch, September 4, 2008
Bullying Top Concern of Parents with Overweight Child, as reported in the Washington Post, September 11, 2008
The National President's Challenge tells Americans "You're It. Get Fit! Find more information at register at: http://www.presidentschallenge.org. As fit as a 5th grader? Physicians expect the President's Challenge fitness test to be a useful instrument in efforts to change Americans' sedentary behavior. Read the American Medical News report.
Weight Bias, November Supplemental Issue of Obesity, free full text
Why Media Could Be Bad For Your Child's Health, TIME Magazine, December 4, 2008
Family lifestyle equals genes in obesity risk, reported in Reuters, December 10, 2008 from a study in the American Journal of Sociology
Parents Not Best Barometer of Kid's Eating, Exercise Habits, January/February, 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, as reported in the Washington Post, January 9, 2009
CORE Tools and Patient Information: Seven Steps to Success: A Handout for Parents of Overweight Children and Adolescents,Obesity Management, February, 2009
Study Links Teen Television Habits to Poor Nutrition Later in Life, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, February 2009 (RWJF report)
