• Health consequences associated with childhood overweight
• Screening, identification, and recognizing risk factors
• Current recommendations regarding treatment
• Counseling and behavior change strategies for working with pediatric clients

The importance of a multifaceted prevention approach targeting families, schools, and communities

Level: Advanced
ISBN: 0880913355
ISBN-13: 9780880913355
Format: Paperback, 217pp
Publisher: American Dietetic Association
Pub date: 2004

Content
Acknowledgments
References
Foreword
Part I. Overweight and Obesity Background
Chapter 1. The Obesity Epidemic: A Growing Concern
Chapter 2. Childhood and Adolescent Weight Trends
Chapter 3. Etiology of Pediatric Overweight/Obesity
Chapter 4. Health Consequences Associated with Childhood and Adolescent Overweight/Obesity
Part II. Assessment of Childhood an Adolescent Overweight
Chapter 5. Screening and Identification of Children and Adolescents for Overweight and At-Risk for Overweight
Chapter 6. Assessment of Overweight Children and Adolescents
Part III. Management of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight
Chapter 7. Treatment of Childhood an Adolescent Overweight
Chapter 8. Counseling and Behavior Change Strategies for Overweight Children and Adolescents
Chapter 9. Prevention of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight
Part IV Tools and Resources for Health Professionals
Chapter 10. Roles for Health Professionals
Appendixes
1. Dietary Reference Intakes/Recommended Dietary Allowances
2. Health People 2010
3. Resources
Index

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 3
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4080 Government-funded Food & Nutrition Programs
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics
5370 Weight management, obesity
6000 Education, training and counseling
6010 Behavior change theories, techniques
6020 Counseling, therapy and facilitation skills
6040 Education theories and techniques for children and adolescents
8018 Environmental, agricultural and technologic influences on food systems
8050 Food distribution and service
8110 School foodservice