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
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
Breastfeeding Helps Explain Racial and Socioeconomic Status Disparities in Adolescent Adiposity, Pediatrics, March, 2008
High Body Mass Index for Age Among US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006, JAMA, May 28,2008 (abstract)
RWJF Statement Regarding Release of Estimates of Obesity Prevalence Among U.S. Children and Teens
Childhood obesity: A glimmer of hope, but a long way to go, American Medical News, editorial, June, 2008
Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Practices at Hospitals and Birth Centers --- United States, 2007, MMWR, June 13, 2008
Association of Infant Child Care With Infant Feeding Practices and Weight Gain Among US Infants, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, July, 2008 (abstract)
Why Young Adults Hold the Key to Assessing the Obesity Epidemic in Children, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, July, 2008 (abstract)
Population-Based Prevention of Obesity, the Need for Comprehensive Promotion of Healthful Eating, Physical Activity and Energy Balance, American Heart Association, Circulation, July, 2008
Morbidity of Overweight (85th Percentile) in the First 2 Years of Life, Pediatrics, August 1, 2008
Growth Patterns and Obesity Development in Overweight or Normal-Weight 13-Year-Old Adolescents: The STRIP Study, Pediatrics, October 1, 2008
Child health equity and children's rights: A new paradigm for pediatrics, Contemporary Pediatrics, May, 2008, co-authored by Dr. Tom Tonniges
Childhood Sleep Time and Long-Term Risk for Obesity: A 32-Year Prospective Birth Cohort Study, Pediatrics (abstract), November, 2008
Intensive approaches advised for obese youth, American Medical News, November, 2008
Study Finds Obese Children's Arteries Are as Thick as Those of 45-Year-Olds, from the American Heart Association
Trends in the Diagnosis of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: 1999-2007, Pediatrics, January, 2009
Contribution of Early Weight Gain to Childhood Overweight and Metabolic Health: A Longitudinal Study, DSL Gardner et al. in January, 2009 Pediatrics
RWJF Statement on the Signing of SCHIP Legislation, February, 2009
Managing Childhood Overweight: Behavior, Family, Pharmacology and Bariatric Surgery Interventions, from the journal, Obesity, March, 2009
