Posts Tagged ‘adolescents’

Resources

September 27th, 2009

Follow the debate on obesity as a disease at Obesity – ProCon.org

USDA MyPyramid MyPyramid.gov – United States Department of Agriculture – Home

Nutrition Fact Sheets from the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Fact Sheets

Diabetes Research Summaries from the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Research Summaries – Overweight, Obesity & Weight Loss – American Diabetes Association

Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations from the American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=851

Disease Management Association of America obesity resource page Welcome to the Obesity Resource Center

The Obesity Action Coalition’s mission is to assist persons trying to lose weight and facing discrimination in insurance and the workplace. OAC ­ Obesity Action Coalition

NCCOR | National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research

This is a fun site on the First Family’s food issues: Obama Foodorama

Here’s a toolkit for parents and caregivers of adolescents on eating and activity pattern changes BodyWorks – A Toolkit for Healthy Teens and Strong Families

This is the Head Start program to improve activity and eating in children I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL)

We Can is a program of the National Institutes of Health focused on childhood obesity We Can! is an education program to prevent childhood overweight

The Campaign to End Obesity

Low-Income Populations

September 27th, 2009

Food Desserts http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/AP/AP036/AP036a.pdf

Dietary patterns of young, low-income US children. [J Am Diet Assoc. 2005] – PubMed Result

Access to nutritious foods in low-income communitieshttp://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/reports/RuddReportAccesstoHealthyFoods2008.pdf

Prevention of Obesity

September 26th, 2009

Everybody wants to prevent obesity and there is ample reason to do so. Unfortunately, studies on ways in which to prevent obesity, especially in children are disappointing. MD

Prevention in Adults

A systematic review of interventions aimed at the …[Public Health Nutr. 2009] – PubMed Result

A systematic review of the evidence regarding effi…[Obes Rev. 2008] – PubMed Result

Systematic prevention of overweight and obesity in…[Obes Rev. 2009] – PubMed Result

Prevention in Adolescents

Reducing obesity and related chronic disease risk …[Obes Rev. 2006] – PubMed Result

Prevention in Children

Interventions for preventing obesity in children. [Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005] – PubMed Result

Recommended community strategies to prevent obesity Recommended community strategies and measurements …[MMWR Recomm Rep. 2009] – PubMed Result

American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Childhood Obesity, prevention and treatment Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Pathophysiology, Consequences, Prevention, and Treatment — Daniels et al. 111 (15): 1999 — Circulation

The impact of prevention on reducing the burden of…[Circulation. 2008] – PubMed Result

Preventing cardiovascular disease in the 21st cent…[Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2006] – PubMed Result

Environment

September 26th, 2009

The modern built environment may send cues to individuals for eating. Obesity and the built environment: changes in envi…[Int J Obes (Lond). 2008] – PubMed Result

The local number of fast food outlets is associated with higher BMI, as is car ownership. Body mass index, neighborhood fast food and restau…[J Urban Health. 2009] – PubMed Result

Better access to supermarkets and less access to convenience stores are associated with higher BMI levels. Neighborhood environments: disparities in access t…[Am J Prev Med. 2009] – PubMed Result

Research Activities, April 2009: Child/Adolescent Health: Boosting and preserving green spaces in urban neighborhoods may help reduce childhood obesity

Local food environments, obesity and diabetes: http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/Designed_for_Disease_050108.pdf

Journal of Public Health Policy – New Recreational Facilities for the Young and the Old in Los Angeles: Policy and Programming Implications

Journal of Public Health Policy – Disparities in Urban Neighborhood Conditions: Evidence from GIS Measures and Field Observation in New York City

Journal of Public Health Policy – The Relation of the Perceived Environment to Fear, Physical Activity, and Health in Public Housing Developments: Evidence from Chicago

Free full articles on the built environment: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law — Table of Contents (June 2008, 33 [3])

Neighborhood safety, collective efficacy, and obes…[Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006] – PubMed Result