Healthcare Professionals

 

Much is happening in the health care sector to promote the key messages and resources of Let's Go! All of these activities are being led by MaineHealth and Maine Medical Center.  The overarching goal of these activities is to help physicians, nurses, hospitals, and others in the twelve communities take on specific roles in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity and overweight. Key strategies include giving providers the tools (posters, brochures, fact sheets, etc.) that help them deliver consistent, evidence-based messages and the training (lunch n' learn sessions, medical staff meetings, etc.) they need to implement the tools.  

Health Care Professionals Role in Addressing Obesity:

Childhood Obesity: What does it mean for physicians? (PDF)

• Risa Lavizzo-Mourney, MD, MBA
• JAMA: August 2007, Vol. 298, No. 8

Obesity Recommendations:

• American Academy of Pediatrics Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment,and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report

• American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity

• American Academy of Pediatrics Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

• American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

• NICHQ Obesity Recommendations Implementation Guide

Additional Reources:

• Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative
• The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity toolkits

Childhood Obesity Action Network
Who are they? The Childhood Obesity Action Network is a web-based national network aimed at rapidly sharing knowledge, successful practices and innovation by…(read more)

Click here to join the Childhood Obesity Action Network where you can gain access to the Implementations Guide’s tools, resources, and more. You will be asked to answer some short questions that include your name, where you work and your email address.