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Obesity Student
Resources
Childhood
Obesity: A Food and Nutrition Resource List for Educators and
Researchers
CDC
Pediatric Growth Charts
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala
has released new pediatric growth charts that will be used by health
professionals in tracking the physical growth of the 82 million
infants, children, and adolescents in the United States.
The
Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
National
Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Clinical Guidelines on the
Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight
and Obesity in Adults
Centers
for Obesity Research & Education
The Centers for Obesity Research and Education (C.O.R.E.)
was formed in 1998 to provide guidance and training for health care
providers on how to manage their obese patients.
Body
Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a popular tool currently used by health
professionals to screen individuals for their degree of obesity. It
is based upon a relationship between weight and height, excluding
frame size and muscle mass.
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