Policy Statements

Leading health professional groups have issued policy statements regarding obesity control through healthy eating and physical activity practices. Examples are:

American Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding Position Statement, Breastfeeding and Use of Human Milk http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/2/496

National Association of School Nurses – Position Statement: Overweight Children and Adolescents
http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=236

Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity - Policy Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;112/2/424

Society for Nutrition Education, Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Promoting Healthy Weight in Children.
http://www.sne.org

Surgeon General‘s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/

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