American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to children's health. It recognizes childhood overweight and obesity as a serious health concern and continues to work for improvements in obesity prevention and treatment.
AMA Guidelines on Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
In June 2007, the recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity (PDF), which was convened by the AMA, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), were released. Visit the AMA Web site or view the AMA recommendations for more information on the topic.
National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality (NICHQ): Children's Obesity Action Network
The Children's Obesity Action Network (COAN) is a new NICHQ Web-based national network aimed at rapidly sharing knowledge, successful practices and innovation. This helps ensure that providers have access to the best available evidence and promising practices on prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
NICHQ's Implementation Guide on Pediatric Obesity
NICHQ, together with key partners, has created an Implementation Guide to accompany the newly released Overweight and Obesity Recommendations. NICHQ's Implementation Guide (PDF) supports providers with the tools and resources necessary to put the new recommendations into practice. Dr. Lenna Liu, COAT's lead physician, is a co-author of this guide.
Maternal Child Health
Maternal Child Health An electronic guide to recent resources about the prevention, identification, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in homes, schools, and communities.
QuickLinks
Free e-mail toolkit for health-care professionals.
Children's Continuing Medical Education
Seattle Children's Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs and events, including Grand Rounds.