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Guidelines
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Adult:
Clinical Guidelines for Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of
Overweight and Obese Adults - from the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute.
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American
Medical Association (AMA) - Public Health: Position on Obesity
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Blood Pressure Guidelines for
Youth - Screening for Hypertension
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BMI
Calculator for Children - Automatically figures and plots BMI for
children
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Clinical Guidelines for Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of
Overweight and Obese Adults was developed by the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute. It includes the first Federal
guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of
overweight and obesity
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Health
Plans Emerging as Pragmatic Partners in Fight Against Obesity (PDF, 712 KB) - A
National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation report
that focuses on the emerging role of health plans in the fight against
obesity. The report profiles a cross section of 11 health plans
and what they are doing to address the issue.
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Obesity: Assessment
and Management of Adult Obesity consists of 10 booklets
developed by the American Medical Association, that offer practical
recommendations for addressing adult obesity in the primary care
setting.
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Palm Pilot Downloads:
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Practical
Guidelines - The Bright Futures website contains practical
guidelines for healthcare professionals including mental health,
nutrition, and physical activity for children and adolescents (0-21
years old).
Prevention Resources
- Aim
to Change Toolkit - A free toolkit from the American
Academy of Family Physicians with resources for physicians and patients.
- Adult:
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -
Screening for and management of obesity in
adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
- BMI-for-Age Growth charts - From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Children
and Adolescents: Prevention - Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Pediatric
Recommendations (New: December 2007) (PDF,
64 KB) - The Expert Committee Recommendations on the
Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent
Overweight and Obesity. The committee was convened by the
American Medical Association (AMA) and co-funded in collaboration with
the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). Related documents: Full
Report (PDF, 1.2 MB).
- Nutrition and
Physical Activity Assessment tools
- REAP tool:
Rapid Eating Assessment for Patients is a brief (about 10 minutes)
patient-administered tool to provide a nutrition assessment.
The REAP
tool (PDF, 295 KB) and REAP
Physician Key (PDF, 1.2 MB)
are available.
- WAVE
tool (PDF, 94 KB) -
Weight, Activity, Variety, Excess) is a brief tool to
identify weight, nutrition, and physical activity issues in adult
patients.
- Nutrition
Recommendations: US Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
- Physical
Activity Recommendations - General recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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