Resources: Weight Management

Featured in the lessons:

• 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health
• AAP’s Policy Statement: Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
• CDC’s Clinical Growth Charts
• Adult BMI Calculator
• Maternal and Infant November/December Nutrition Briefs
• The Bogalusa Heart Study
• USDA’s Healthy Eating Challenge

Other references:

• Whitlock, E., Williams, S.B., Gold, R., Smith, P.R. & Shipman, S.A. 2005. Screening and interventions for childhood overweight: a summary of evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Pediatrics 116 (No. 1), pp. e125-e144.
• American Academy of Pediatrics. 2003. Policy Statement on Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity. A statement of reaffirmation
  for this policy was published on February 1, 2007.
• Gilles Plourde, MD, PHD. Preventing and managing pediatric obesity:
  Recommendations for family physicians. Copyright 2006.
• Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, McDowell MA, Tabak CJ, Flegal KM. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. JAMA 2006;295:1549-1555.
• Freedman DS, Dietz WH, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. The relation of overweight to cardiovascular risk factors among children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Journal of Pediatrics 1999;103(6):1175-1182.
• U.S. Surgeon General. Overweight and Obesity: Health Consequences.
• Other Resources:
  http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/overweight/index.htm
  http://www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/prevention.shtml
  http://www.obesityinamerica.org/childhoodoverweight.html
  http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/9/suppl_4/S239
  http://www.aafp.org/afp/20060201/practice.html
• GetFitKit.org - "Welcome to GetFitKit.org is brought to you by the Texas Department of State Health Services. This online resource for students, nurses and teachers can help you get the most out of the Get Fit Kit, with extra materials, tools and interactive games to really drive home the six lessons. With the help of the Kit and this site, we want to help make healthier diet and exercise choices part of everyday life."
• "Drugs Can't Stop Me" activity book for ages 6-9. A downloadable version of the book is available at DrugFreeTexas.org.