Childhood Obesity 101: A Parent's Primer for Prevention (continued)

Resources and References

1. "F" as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2009/

2. Schwimmer, J. et al. "Health-Related Quality of Life of Severely Obese Children and Adolescents," JAMA, Apr 2003;289:1813-1819.

3. Dept. of Health and Human Services: http://archive.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040429.html

4.  American Diabetes Associationhttp://www.aace.com/meetings/consensus/IIDC/ADAfactsheet.pdf

5. Personal communication with Dr. Robert Lustig, July 16, 2008.  http://chc.ucsf.edu/coast/faculty_lustig.htm

6. "Decades of Memorable Happy Meals." http://mcdepk.com/happybirthdayhappymeal/downloads/memorable_happy_meals.pdf

7. Pereira, M. et al. "Fast Food Habits, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance: 15-Year Prospective Analysis," The Lancet. 2005; 365(9453):36-42. 

8.  Isganaitis, E and Lustig, R.H., “Fast Food, Central Nervous System Insulin Resistance, and Obesity,”, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2005; 25:2451
 http://atvb.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/atvbaha;25/12/2451

9. Personal communication with Julie Pottebaum, McDonald's USA, U.S. Media Relations, 7/30/09.

10. Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood. www.commercialexploitation.org/

11. Institute of Medicine. "Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity," December 2005.  www.iom.edu/?id=31330&redirect=0

12. Federal Trade Commission. "Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities and Self-Regulation: A Report to Congress. www.ftc.gov/os/2008/07/P064504foodmktingreport.pdf 

13. Young, L.R., and Nestle, M. "The Contribution of Expanding Portion Sizes to the US Obesity Epidemic," Am J Public Health 2002; 92:246-9.

14. VomSaal, F., et. al. "Environmental Estrogens, Endocrine Disruptors and Obesity," in: Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention, Bagchi,D. and Preuss, H., editors.  CRC Press, 2007

15.  McCullum-Gomez, C., Benbrook, C., and Theur, R., "Endocrine Disruptors, Pesticides and Other Environmental Toxins," in:  That First Step: Organic Food and a Healthier Future.  March, 2009.
http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/That_First_Step_Full.pdf 

16. USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center. www.bcm.edu/cnrc/

17. "Children, Adolescents and Television," AAP Policy Statement. http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics%3B107/2/423

18. Gangwisch JE, et. al. "Inadequate sleep as a risk factor for obesity: analyses of the NHANES I.," SLEEP 2005;28(10): 1289-1296.

19. "10 Tips for Child Advocates," American Academy of Pediatrics. www.aap.org/advocacy/childadvocacytips.htm

20.  USDA. "Adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in the U.S." http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops/ 

21  National Organic Program - Standards. 

22. "Food for Thought: Television Food Advertising to Children in the United States," Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2007.  www.kff.org/entmedia/7618.cfm