Recommendations for prevention of childhood obesity

Author(s): Davis, MM (Davis, Matthew M.), Gance-Cleveland, B (Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie), Hassink, S (Hassink, Sandra), Johnson, R (Johnson, Rachel), Paradis, G (Paradis, Gilles), Resnicow, K (Resnicow, Kenneth)
Source: PEDIATRICS Volume: 120 Pages: S229-S253 Supplement: Suppl. S Published: DEC 2007

Abstract: The majority of US youth are of healthy weight, but the majority of US adults are overweight or obese. Therefore, a major health challenge for most American children and adolescents is obesity prevention-today, and as they age into adulthood. In this report, we review the most recent evidence regarding many behavioral and practice interventions related to childhood obesity, and we present recommendations to health care providers. Because of the importance, we also suggest approaches that clinicians can use to encourage obesity prevention among children, including specific counseling strategies and practice-based, systems-level interventions. In addition, we suggest how clinicians may interact with and promote local and state policy initiatives designed to prevent obesity in their communities.
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author Keywords: obesity; prevention
KeyWords Plus: BODY-MASS INDEX; CHILDRENS PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN; PATIENT-CENTERED COMMUNICATION; FRUIT JUICE CONSUMPTION; HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS; SWEETENED DRINK CONSUMPTION; PRENATAL SMOKING-CESSATION; SNACK FOOD-INTAKE
Addresses: Davis, MM (reprint author), Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Behav & Hlth Educ, 300 NIB,6C23, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
Arizona State Univ, Div Gen Internal Med, Div Gen Pediat, Child Hlth Evaluat & Res Unit, Phoenix, AZ USA
Arizona State Univ, Gerald R Ford Sch Publ Hlth, Phoenix, AZ USA
Arizona State Univ, Coll Nursing & Healthcare Innovat, Phoenix, AZ USA
Alfred I dupont Hosp, Weight Management Program, Wilmington, DE USA
Univ Vermont, Coll Agr & Life Sci, Burlington, VT USA
McGill Univ, Dept Epidemiol Biostat & Publ Hlth, Montreal, PQ Canada
Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Behav & Hlth Educ, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
E-mail Addresses: [email protected]
Publisher: AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS, 141 NORTH-WEST POINT BLVD,, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007-1098 USA, http://www.aap.org
Discipline: PEDIATRICS Current Web Contents
MEDICAL RESEARCH, GENERAL TOPICS Current