Public Health Profiles with General Data for each County
Other Resources:
Families on the Move Press Release Series
Short lessons using group discussion - based on the Families on the Move press releases"
“Children and Weight – what communities can do” – a coalition-building kit from California Cooperative Extension. Available to borrow from CES Media Collection (#18598); local WIC colleagues may also have a copy. Also available to purchase ($100) at http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/merchant.ihtml?id=349&step=2
The Center for Weight and Health at University of California - Berkeley http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/index.html
“Pediatric Overweight Practice Guidelines – Implications for Extension Educators” by Sharon Robinson. Appears in the June 2004 issue of Journal of Extension http://www.joe.org/joe/2004june/tt4.shtml
Position of the American Dietetic Association: Individual-, Family-, School-, and Community-Based Interventions for Pediatric Overweight
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Volume 106, Issue 6, Pages 925-945 (June 2006). If you do not have access to this journal, follow the document delivery instructions for University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension personnel found here http://www.uwex.edu/ces/librarymediaservices/.
A summary of 3 reports about research-based approaches to childhood obesity prevention
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wnep/specialist/nfl/mmpdfs/0512.pdf#page=3
The Community Guide: Physical Activity
This is a systematic review of the literature and a resulting set of evidence-based recommendations and physical activity interventions. It is the first of a set of reviews that fall under the category "Nutrition." You can find the guide for physical activity here http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/.
The Future of Children Journal, Spring 2006 Issue on Childhood Obesity
Among the articles in this issue: Targeting Interventions for Ethnic Minority and Low-Income Populations; Markets and Childhood Obesity Policy; and 4 different articles examining the role of various factors in childhood obesity - built environments, child care, schools, and parents. A good resource to add to your collection on obesity, and it's all available online:
Spring 2006 Issue of The Future of Children
|
