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CHILD OBESITY MATTERS. COM
a project of EvidenceMedicine.com
and DeficitsDoMatter.org
NEWS
Social Context May be a Better Indicator of Obesity Disparites Than Race
Johns Hopkins May 2010
http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/bleich_obesity_disparities.html
Eating Out Increases Daily Caloric Intake
USDA 2010
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June10/Findings/EatingOut.htm
Sebelius Stumps For Anti-Childhood Obesity Plan
Huffington Post June 12, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/child-obesity-sebelius-st_n_611071.html
The Childhood Obesity Dilemma: How Something So Simple Got Complicated
Dr. Besser Explains Why it's Your Problem, His Problem and Everyone's Problem
Doctor’s Notebook by Richard Besser, M.D.
ABC News Feb. 10, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/childhood-obesity-dilemma-everyone-problem/story?id=9786794&cid=yahoo_pitchlist
Michelle Obama to launch initiative fighting child obesity
USA Today Jan 20, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-01-20-michelle-obama-obesity_N.htm
Obesity Rates Remain High
CNN / Health.com Jan 2010
“The obesity rates have somewhat leveled off, and for the most part that's good, but the bad news is that they have leveled off at a prevalence rate that is alarmingly high," says Scott Kahan, M.D., the co-director of the George Washington University Weight Management Program, in Washington, D.C. ”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/14/obesity.stabilizing/index.html
BLOGS
Weighty Matters
http://www.weightymatters.ca/
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND RESOURCES
Centers for Disease Control
CDC: Childhood Overweight and Obesity
FDA
Medline
National Guideline Clearinghouse
National Heart Lung and Blood Instit/NIH
National Institutes of Health
Nutrition.Gov
PubMed
USPSTF
ORGANIZATIONS
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
http://www.healthiergeneration.org/
The Obesity Society
http://www.obesity.org/
The Responsibility Project: Childhood Obesity
http://www.responsibilityproject.com/blog/childhood-obesity-who-s-to-blame-/?src=keyword_s=ggl_K=OverweightChild_C=Parenting_G=ObeseKids_ChildObesity_M=broad#fbid=L09Yo-byjAp
EXPERTS
Scott Kahan, MD MPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Co-director of the George Washington University Weight Management Program, in Washington, D.C.
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=2172
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
JOURNALS
International Journal Of Obesity
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
Obesity
Obesity Reviews
WHO Obesity Factsheet
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/index.html
BMI (Body Mass Index)
NHLBI BMI Table http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.htm
NHLBI BMI Table PDF http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.pdf
NHLBI BMI Calculator http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5807a1.htm
Obesity Guidelines
1998 Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report
PDF (228 pages) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.pdf
2000 NHLBI The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (88 pages)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/practgde.htm
Obesity CME
NHLBI Overweight and Obese Patients: What Providers Need to Know
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/cont_ed.htm
Childhood Obesity Prevalence and Prevention
Nutrition Journal 2005
http://www.nutritionj.com/content/4/1/24 |
