Childhood Obesity in the Yahoo! Directory

Childhood Obesity - Shape Up America!
Find information about assessing childhood obesity, parent's guide, BMI information, and more.
www.shapeup.org/prof/child.php
empowerME
empowerME inspires us to eat healthier and move more, to motivate each other, and to be a solution to America's obesity epidemic.
empowerme2b.org
MayoClinic.com - Childhood Obesity
The Mayo Clinic offers information about childhood obesity, including the causes, risk factors, when to seek medical advice, prevention information, and much more.
www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/DS00698
Shaping America's Youth
Shaping America?s Youth is a nationwide initiative to identify and centralize information on the widespread efforts underway throughout all sectors of American society to reverse the rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and inactivity among children and adolescents. SAY?s mission is to assure that the voices of families and communities are integrated into local and national policy to improve the nutrition, physical activity, and health of children and youth.
www.shapingamericasyouth.org/Default.aspx
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, aiming to fight childhood obesity. Browse through their programs for schools, the food and beverage industry, and parents, or become a part of their Go Healthy Challenge.
www.healthiergeneration.org
Overweight in Children and Adolescents
From the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General's call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity.
www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_adolescents.htm
Word on Health: Childhood Obesity on the Rise
From the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Offers advice to parents, including information resources and tips for helping children maintain a healthy body weight.
www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/jun2002/childhoodobesity.htm
Childhood Obesity: Parenting Advice
Offers tips for parents to help overweight children build and maintain a positive self-image as well as lose weight. From the Mayo Clinic.
www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/FL00058
Get Kids in Action
Offers ideas for healthy, fun activities, nutritional information that's relevant to kids, and straight talk on the myths and facts surrounding childhood obesity.
www.getkidsinaction.org
Kaiser Family Foundation: The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity
Reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation's dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity.
www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia022404pkg.cfm
Commercial Alert: Childhood Obesity Overview
Articles and news releases about childhood obesity.
www.commercialalert.org/index.php/category_id/5/subcategory_id/72/article_i...
Colorado State University: Childhood Obesity
Describes the causes and effects of childhood obesity and offers constructive ways to combat it.
www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09317.html