Reports and Resources for Child Health Providers
Here are some good resources that may help you in your clinical practice.
Reports on Childhood Obesity
- “Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth” September 2004
National Institute of Medicine - Future of Our Children “Childhood Obesity” Spring 2006
Princeton University - Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity” August 2003
American Academy of Pediatrics Journal
Clinical Tools
- 2000 CDC Growth Charts: United States
Printable growth charts - MyPyramid
USDA Website that provides information and tools for professionals. - HEAT Clinical Practice Guidelines and Resource Kit
NAPNAP's HEATsm (Healthy Eating and Activity Together): Identifying and Preventing Overweight in Childhood Clinical Practice Guideline and Resource Kit. - We Can
This website provides Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition. - Bright Futures
Bright Futures is a national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
Organizations Dedicated to Fighting Obesity
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Heart Association
- American Obesity Association
- Commerical Alert: Childhood Prevention Campaign
- Future of Children Orgnaization
- Kids Health Organization
- Medline Plus
- National Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity
- Obesity Action Coalition
- Obesity in America Organization
- Shape Up, Childhood Obesity Initiative
- Shaping America's Youth Organization
- US Department of Agriculture - MyPyramid
- World Health Organization
International Organizations
Below is a list of organizations dedicated to fighting obesity by country:
- ARGENTINA
- AUSTRALASIA
- AUSTRIA
- BELGIUM
- BRAZIL
- BULGARIA
- CANADA
- CHILE
- COLOMBIA
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- CUBA
- DENMARK
- ECUADOR
- FINLAND
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- ISREAL
- ITALY
- JAPAN
- KOREA
- MALAYSIA
- MEXICO
- NETHERLANDS
- NEW ZEALAND
- NORWAY
- PERU
- PHILLIPPINES
- PORTUGAL
- POLAND
- PUERTO RICO
- ROMANIA
- SLOVAKIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- SWITZERLAND
- TURKEY
- UNITED KINGDOM
- URUGUAY
- USA
- YUGOSLAVIA
