Charts and Graphs
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Studies and Materials Referenced in the Program
CDC Growthcharts U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. Available online by clicking here.

BMI-for-Age, Including Classification/Percentiles
BMI for Children and Teens. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. Available online by clicking here.

ADA Consensus Statement
Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. Available online (.pdf) by clicking here.

AAP Policy Statement: Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2003 Aug;112(2):424-430. Available online by clicking here.

Prevalence of Overweight in Children and Adolescents
Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 1999-2000. (2002). National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. Available online by clicking here.

Hedley AA, Ogden CL, Johnson CL, et al. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002. JAMA. 2004 Jun 16;291(23):2847-50. Click here for the abstract.

Percentage of Children Consuming Three or More Servings of Soft Drink Per Day
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Food and Nutrition Service. Children's diet in the mid-1990s: dietary intake and its relationship with school meal participation (2001). Available online by clicking here.

Relationship Between Prevalence of Overweight and Daily Screen Time
Gortmaker SL, Must A, Sobol AM, et al. Television viewing as a cause of increasing obesity among children in the United States, 1986-1990. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.1996 Apr;150(4):356-62. Click here for the abstract.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Study
O'Brien SH, Holubkov R, Reis EC. Identification, evaluation, and management of obesity in an academic primary care center. Pediatrics. 2004 Aug;114(2):e154-9. Available online by clicking here.

New Onset Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed Among Youth Ages 8-21 Years at Arkansas Children's Hospital
Scott, CR, Smith, JM, et al. Characteristics of Youth-onset noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus at diagnosis. Pediatrics. 1997 Jul;100(1):84-91. Available online by clicking here.

Screening for Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. American Diabetes Association. Pediatrics. 2000 Mar;105(3):671-680. Available online by clicking here.

Physical Activity in Schools
Youth Risk Behavior Study. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. Available online by clicking here.

Parents' Size in Relation to Child's Likelihood of Overweight
Childhood Obesity – Advancing Effective Prevention and Treatment: An Overview for Health Professionals (Issue Paper). National Institutes for Health Care Management Foundation. April 9, 2003. Available online (.pdf) by clicking here.

Correlation of BMI with Atherosclerotic Disease in Children
Li S, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Bond MG, et al. Childhood cardiovascular risk factors and carotid vascular changes in adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study. JAMA. 2003 Nov 5;290(17):2271-6. Click here for the abstract.

Potential Health Problems Associated with Overweight
Barlow, SE & Dietz, WH. Obesity evaluation and treatment: expert committee recommendations. Pediatrics. 1998 Sep;102(3):e29. Available online by clicking here.

Americans in Motion (AIM)
American Academy of Family Physicians. Available online by clicking here.

Links:
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/

American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
http://www.napnap.org/