Promoting healthy lifestyles and decreasing childhood obesity: increasing physician effectiveness through advocacy

JS Saxe - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2011 - Annals Family Med
Childhood obesity is a well-documented public health crisis. Even many children who are
not overweight have inadequate physical activity, poor nutrition, excessive television and …

Preventing childhood obesity: the power of policy and political will

T Harkin - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2007 - ajpmonline.org
It is beyond dispute that Americans are severely burdened by the medical and social costs of
childhood obesity and resulting chronic diseases. Likewise, there is broad …

Obesity prevention and treatment in primary care

CL Brown, EM Perrin - Academic pediatrics, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite extensive public health and clinical interventions, obesity rates remain high, and
evidence-based preventive strategies are elusive. Many consensus guidelines suggest that …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity prevention and control: from clinical tools to public health strategies

B Belay, WH Dietz - Academic Pediatrics, 2009 - academia.edu
Four papers in this issue of Academic Pediatrics address several key aspects of the clinical
and community approach to the obesity epidemic. Despite the centrality of body mass index …

Spanning the boundary between clinics and communities to address overweight and obesity in children

SM Teutsch, PA Briss - Pediatrics, 2005 - publications.aap.org
The epidemic of obesity and its related health consequences are growing concerns for
Americans. As noted by Whitlock and colleagues in this issue of Pediatrics, 1 providers have …

The Power of Research: We Can Reverse the Childhood Obesity Epidemic

DC Proctor - American journal of preventive medicine, 2008 - ajpmonline.org
We know that research has the power to shape the strategies and policies that will help us
solve our nation's most threatening health problems. Childhood obesity certainly falls into …

Reducing childhood obesity through policy change: acting now to prevent obesity

TR Frieden, W Dietz, J Collins - Health affairs, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
Childhood obesity is epidemic in the United States, and is expected to increase the rates of
many chronic diseases. Increasing physical activity and improving nutrition are keys to …

Preventing obesity in children: the time is right for policy action

L Murkowski - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2007 - ajpmonline.org
Increasingly, research shows that chronic aliments, such as obesity, are affecting more and
more of our children each year. Throughout our nation, people are demanding action to …

Can obesity prevention work for our children?

LK Carlisle, ST Gordon, MS Sothern - The Journal of the Louisiana …, 2005 - europepmc.org
The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents is higher than 20 years ago in all
racial-ethnic, age, and gender groups. Research has lead to the discovery of many risk …

Responding to the childhood obesity epidemic: from the provider visit to health care policy—steps the health care sector can take

CJ Homer - Pediatrics, 2009 - publications.aap.org
PEDIATRICIANS, ALONG WITH most of the American public, now well know that childhood
obesity is a leading threat to the long-term health of the population, rivaling smoking in its …