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Healthcare Overview
We are working to engage health care professionals in the prevention, assessment and treatment of overweight youth. We have developed a toolkit for healthcare providers to use in their office to address the issues of childhood obesity, which includes materials for both patients and providers.The toolkit is available for download here.
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
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.
For more information on the healthcare sector, contact Jennifer Pelletier at pellej5@mmc.org or (207) 662-6914.
