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Resources include:

Resources for Healthcare Professionals

• AIM Toolkit - A free toolkit from the American Academy of Family Physicians with resources for physicians and patients. Resources include:

PHYSICIAN RESOURCES: * Physician Primer * Fitness Posters   * BMI Measuring Tools   * Fitness Prescription Pad   * Toolkit CD

PATIENT RESOURCES:   * Personal Fitness Assessment      * Food & Activity Journal    * Health Guide flashcards

• Adult Nutrition Plan - Promote a healthy eating plan individualized to the patient’s needs by using My Pyramid. 

• American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) - Topic areas include: Recent News, Physician Education, Family Resources and Advocacy

• Blood Pressure Guidelines for Youth - Screening for hypertension

• BMI Calculator for Children - Automatically figures and plots BMI for children

• BMI-for-Age growth charts  - From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Bright Futures (for Health Professionals) - Provides current information on screening, assessment, and counseling for nutrition and physical activity.  Includes an AAP section.

• Children & Adolescents: Pediatric position statement from the   American  Academy  of Pediatrics (AAP) 

• Children and Adolescent Materials - MyPyramid materials  designed specifically for children aged 6 to 11.

• Clinical Guidelines for Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of  Overweight and Obese Adults was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.  It includes the first Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity.

• Health Plans Emerging as Pragmatic Partners in Fight Against Obesity -A National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation report that focuses on the emerging role of health plans in the fight against obesity.  The report profiles a cross section of 11 health plans and what they are doing to address the issue.

• Information for Health Professionals - Resources and tools from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Obesity Education Initiative

• Obesity: Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity consists of 10 booklets developed by the American Medical Association, that offer practical recommendations for addressing adult obesity in the primary care setting. 

• Palm Pilot Downloads:

  • BMI Calculator

  • Obesity Guidelines for Adults

• Parent Handbook - Learn practical tips to help your family find the right balance of eating well and being physically active to maintain a healthy weight.

• Pediatric Recommendations (New: June 2007) - (PDF, 64 KB) The Expert Committee Recommendations on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, June 2007.  The committee was convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and co-funded in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• Physicians' Role in Preventing Childhood Overweight and Obesity - A combined campaign from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the and American Academy of Family Physicians and the National Institutes of Health to help families understand how energy balance affects weight and how health-promoting energy balance can be achieved.

• Portion Distortion Quiz - Learn how portion sizes have changed over the years, which may be a contributing factor to the current rise of overweight and obesity

• The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults - Focuses on treatment guidelines and weight management techniques including dietary therapy, pharmacotherapy, and weight loss surgery.   Appendices include patient education handouts and tools.  

• Practical Guidelines - The Bright Futures website contains practical guidelines for healthcare professionals including mental health, nutrition, and physical activity for children and adolescents (0-21 years old).

• Prescription for a Healthier You (PDF, 18 KB) - A "prescription" sheet that can be used by health care providers to prescribe healthy lifestyle changes for their patients.  A modifiable Word document that you can adapt to your organization is also available.

• Treatment Algorithm - Specific recommendations and charts from "Obesity Evaluation and Treatment: Expert Committee Recommendations".

Waiting Room and Educational Materials

Training Opportunities:

• Certificate of Child and Adolescent Weight Management

Sponsored by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, this certificate training provides opportunities for education on cutting edge information, skills, resources needed to counsel overweight children and adolescents. This certificate is designed for nutrition professionals to produce competent providers of comprehensive weight management care for children and adolescents. See link for more information and upcoming conference dates.

• Certificate of Adult Weight Management

Sponsored by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, this certificate provides education on the clinical management of overweight and obesity, current research, behavior modification, and other pertinent topics. This certificate is designed for nutrition professionals to produce competent providers of comprehensive weight management care for adults. See link for more information and upcoming conference dates.

• Growth Charts - Self-directed, interactive training modules for health care professionals on using the CDC growth charts. 

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Last Updated: July 20, 2009