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Obesity in children and adolescents: diet, nutrition, physical activity

Australia

• Department of Health and Ageing
  • Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Staff/Carers Book [2009]

Canada

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Dieting in adolescence [2009]

South Africa

• South African Medical Research Council
  • Healthy Active Kids, South Africa 2007, Report Card on the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Tobacco use for South African Children and Youth [2007]

United Kingdom

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of weight management schemes for the under fives: a short report [2009]

• Scottish Government Health Directorates
  • Healthy Eating in Schools: A Guide to Implementing the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2008 [2008]

United States of America

• American Dietetic Association
  • Pediatric Weight Management (PWM) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline [2007]
  • Individual-, Family-, School- and Community-Based Interventions for Pediatric Overweight [2006]
  • Child and Adolescent Food and Nutrition Programs [2006]

• American Heart Association
  • Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Youth: A Leadership Role for Schools [2006]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Pediatric weight management evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. American Dietetic Association [2007]

• University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
  • School-Based Intervention to Decrease Consumption of Soda Has Modest Effect at Decreasing Number of Overweight and Obese Children [2006]
  • Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diets May Enhance Weight Loss, But Need Further Study in Children [2005]
  • Fast Food Frequency Is Associated With Increased Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance [2005]
  • Diet and/or Exercise programs as treatments for childhood obesity [2002]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Nutrition in adolescence - Issues and Challenges for the Health Sector [2005]

Articles in journals

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Plant foods and plant-based diets: protective against childhood obesity? [2009]

• Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
  • Measuring Effectiveness of Dietetic Interventions in Child Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials [2006]

• Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
  • Infant feeding practices, childhood growth and obesity in adult life [2009]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Obesity and physical activity in children [2011]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Effect of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children: a meta-analysis [2009]

• Indian Pediatrics
  • Obesity and Adolescents: Time for Increased Physical Activity! [2004]

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Lack of evidence on diets for obesity for children: a systematic review [2006]

• Nutrición Hospitalaria
  • Behavioural therapy in the treatment of obesity (II): role of the Mediterranean diet [2010]

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• Guidelines
  • Obesity: diet, nutrition, physical activity
  • Obesity in children and adolescents