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Materials on Children & Weight
Guidelines for Collecting Heights and Weights on Children and Adolescents in School Settings
Children
and Weight: What Health Professionals
Can Do About It
This
kit contains everything needed to conduct in-service training for
physicians, nurses, dietitians and other health professionals on
diagnosing, assessing, and treating pediatric obesity. The kit includes
a videotape that addresses body image, medical risks to screen for
with an overweight child, and assessment and care planning for overweight
patients. Also included are five unit lesson plans complete with
educational objectives, teaching activities, overhead masters, and
handout masters. Other materials included are: an extensive resource
list, a teaching flip chart for use with low-income families, samples
of pamphlets for parents, a review of recent scientific research
on pediatric obesity, and an evaluation instrument.
Order
from:
Agriculture
& Natural Resources
UC
Communication Services
Phone:
(510) 642-2431
Children
and Weight: What Communities Can Do About It
This
kit is the most recent project in a series of materials on childhood
overweight developed through Cooperative Extension at the University
of California. While the overall goal of the Children & Weight
Project is to reduce the prevalence of childhood overweight in California,
this tool is designed to facilitate local level action by empowering
and mobilizing communities to create opportunities for young people
to eat healthy and be physically active. The kit will serve as a "how-to"
guide offering technical assistance to community leaders who wish
to launch a local task force dedicated to preventing childhood overweight.
The Resource Kit will include:
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Essential,
up-to-date information on childhood overweight, including: prevalence,
best-practices approaches for prevention, and social concerns
related to body image;
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Explanation of rationale and philosophy for empowerment approach;
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Guidelines
for mapping community resources, identifying and recruiting
potential task force members, and discovering the range of possible
activities (based on the Spectrum of Prevention)
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Guidelines
for setting the group's course: developing vision, mission,
goals and objectives, and action plan; · Tips for facilitating
effective meetings;
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Step-by-step
guides (including agendas, overheads and handouts) for initial
task force meetings;
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Suggestions
for how to help the group maintain momentum;
Extensive
list of print and electronic resources on childhood overweight
as well as community building "Make
A Change," an inspiring video that shows different ways that
local communities have mobilized to improve kids' access to
nutritious foods and fun ways to stay fit.
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