Links to sites with useful information
www.rcpch.ac.uk
The site for the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health. They publish guidelines on the management of childhood obesity. Click on Publications
www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk
The National Obesity Forum have published guidelines on weight management in children and adolescents. Click on Management Guidelines.
www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/learningcentre/weightmanagement/childhood
The Weight Management learning programme is a collaboration between the Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS), the Scottish National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (NBS), and the Scottish Council for Post-graduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE). It is a very practical and helpful site for planning a weight management programme.
www.aso.org.uk
The website of the Association for the Study of Obesity
www.health-for-all-children.co.uk
Copies of Growth Assessment in the Community can be ordered from this website. Discounts are available for health organisations.
www.foodstandards.gov.uk/healthiereating
Advice and information on healthy eating from the Food Standards Agency
www.bda.uk.com
The website for the British Dietetic Association. The BDA’s campaign Eat 2b fit is aimed at children and they publish resources to support it.
www.hda-online.org.uk
The Health Development Agency publish reviews of the effectiveness of interventions to promote public health, including diet, physical activity and the management of overweight and obesity. Click on Effectiveness.
www.iotf.org
The website for International Obesity Task Force. Lots of information about the global nature of the obesity epidemic. Lots of links to related organisations.
www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/published/index.html#Child
The website for the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. They publish guidelines on the management of obesity in children and young people (Guideline 69).
www.childhoodobesity.net
European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG). The International Obesity Task Force and the ECOG Report to the EU on Childhood Obesity in Europe is available at this website. A set of powerpoint slides on ECOG guidelines for the treatment of childhood obesity is also available. Click on Pecs 2000.
www.a-g-a.de
German childhood obesity group
Recommended Reviews
William H. Dietz
Health Consequences of Obesity in Youth: Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease
Pediatrics Vol. 101 No. 3 Supplement March 1998, pp. 518-525
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/3/S1/518
Sarah E. Barlow and William H. Dietz
Pediatrics Vol. 102 No. 3 September 1998, p. e29
Obesity Evaluation and Treatment: Expert Committee Recommendations
Livingstone, M. B. (2001). “Childhood obesity in Europe: a growing concern.” Public Health Nutr 4(1A): 109-16.
Epstein, L. H., R. A. Paluch, et al. (2000). “Problem solving in the treatment of childhood obesity.” J Consult Clin Psychol 68(4): 717-21.
Berthold Koletzko Walter Chen, Jean-Philippe Girardet, William Klish , Sophie Leung, Omar Tabacco. Obesity in children and adolescents worldwide: current views and future directions. Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2002) 35 S205-S212
