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Dietary Quality:
Prepare nutritious meals and snacks, and balance food with physical activity

Nutrients

Food Composition

Dietary Guidelines for Americans and USDA food guidance system

Other Food guides

Food Consumption Patterns

Functional Foods, Organic Foods & Vegetarian Diets

Physical Activity

Overweight, Obesity and Weight Control

WiPAN Basics (October 2009)

Eating Slowly and Taking Small Bites May Help Prevent Overeating (September 2009)

American Heart Association Recommends Limit on Added Sugar Intake (September 2009)

Adolescents Need Effective Nutrition Education (March 2009)

Beverage Issues (February 2009)

Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health (November 2008)

Heads Up Information for the Community/Academic Partnership Fund and Obesity/Healthy Weight Coalitions (October 2008)

Heads Up Information for the Community/Academic Partnership Fund and Obesity/Healthy Weight Coalitions (September 2008)

Partnership between America on the Move® and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) (August 2008)

Population-wide approaches for preventing obesity (August 2008)

Promoting healthful food and lifestyle choices of low-income mothers (July 2008)

Obesity Research at UW-Madison (July 2008)

Weight gain in children during the school year and during summer vacation (April 2008)

Grocery stores respond to consumers' interest in healthier eating (October 2007)

Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: What the Expert Committee Recommends (July 2007)

Body Size Now a Factor at MyPyramid.gov (April 2007)

Will testing your genes help you fit into your jeans? (Dec. 2006)

The American Dietetic Association's position statement on interventions for pediatric overweight (Oct. 2006)

Evidence favors limiting sugar-sweetened beverages (Oct. 2006)

New Institute of Medicine's Report - Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? (Oct. 2006)

Report on Childhood Obesity: The Future of Children (Aug. 2006)

Fighting obesity one project at a time! (July 2006)

Parenting Styles Impact Children's Weight (July 2006)

Child and Adult Rates of Overweight and Obesity Continue to Rise (May 2006)

Stress and Weight Gain: Are they Connected? (Feb. 2006)

The Power of Others to Shape Our Identity: Body Image, Physical Abilities, and Body Weight (Jan. 2006)

The role of parents and communities in obesity prevention (Dec. 2005)

Three reports that inform Extension education to address child obesity issues (Dec. 2005)

New Resources on School Health and Childhood Obesity Prevention (Nov. 2005)

Breakfast and BMI: 2 new studies 'weigh' in (Nov. 2005)

Review of "Super Size Me" - the educationally enhanced DVD (Aug. 2005)

Healthiest Wisconsin 2010: An implementation plan to improcve the health of the public - implementation plan summary (Aug. 2005)

The ABCs of Behavior Modification for Obesity (July 2005)

Weighing in on Mortality Risk (June 2005)

Marvelous Mushrooms (May 2005)

Factors that predict fat intake behaviors differ between obese and normal-weight mothers (April 2005)

Calcium and Weight (April 2005)

Functional Fat: An Aid in the Struggle for Weight Loss? (April 2005)

Weight loss and exercise are cost-effective in the prevention of diabetes (April 2005)

Could Late Nights Lead to Obesity? (Feb. 2005)

The Effect of Parent-Child Feeding Strategies on Children's Eating and Weight - what do we know? (Jan. 2005)

Federal Trade Commission Cracking Down on Bogus Weight-loss Claims (December 2004)

Food Industry Response to the Obesity Epidemic (August 2004)

Findings from national surveys (July 2004)

Waist size is one factor in heart disease (June 2004)

Should "vegetables" be before "fruit" in the phrase "fruit and vegetables"? (May 2004)

National USDA/Extension newsletter on child obesity (April 2004)

Implications of diversity in addressing obesity (April 2004)

Preventing overweight in young children: Fit WIC (Nov. 2003)

Weight Loss: What's South Beach Got to Do With It? (Oct. 2003)

Too many sweetened drinks put children at risk of obesity (Sept 2003)

Pediatricians are urged to track BMI (Sept 2003)

For the record: Atkins and related diet issues (July 2003)

Since you asked: Community resources for obesity prevention (April 2003)

"Overweight, underweight, or just about right?" People's misperceptions of their weight (April 2003)

In the News: Obesity and its consequences for life expectancy (Feb 2003)

The return of the fat vs. carbohydrate debate (Aug 2002)

From wallet to waistline: the hidden costs of super sizing (July 2002)

Research: Physical activity makes the difference in avoiding weight gain (April 2002)

Larger portions may contribute to larger Americans (May 2002)

More on obesity and diabetes risk (Oct. 2001)

Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Overweight and Obesity (Jan. 2002)

High-protein diets not proven effective and may pose health risks (Nov. 2001)

Food insecurity and overweight in women (July 2001)

Prevalence of childhood obesity (March 2001)

Obesity continues to climb among American adults in the past year (Nov. 2000)

Increasing prevalence of overweight among Wisconsin adults (Aug. 2000)

The upcoming obesity video conference 4/26/00 (April 2000)

Cardiovascular Diseases

Diabetes

Cancer

Other Health Conditions


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