Media Kit: Obesity

The AAP has assembled key policies, studies and other resources to assist reporters in their research on obesity. Media representatives who need help locating experts to interview should call the AAP Department of Communications at 847-434-7877. Parent resources are available at www.healthychildren.org

• Active Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Increased Physical Activity
  Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Council on School Health
  Pediatrics, May 2006

• Organized Sports for Children and Preadolescents
  Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Committee on School Health
  Pediatrics, June 2001; reaffirmed Sept 2007

• Children, Adolescents, and Advertising
  Committee on Communications
  Pediatrics, Dec 2006

• Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood
  Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, Frank R. Greer, MD and the Committee on Nutrition
  Pediatrics, July 2008

• Soft Drinks in Schools
  Committee on School Health
  Pediatrics, Jan 2004

• The Use and Misuse of Fruit Juice in Pediatrics
  Committee on Nutrition
  Pediatrics, May 2001; reaffirmed Feb 2007

• Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement         
  Pediatrics, February 2010

• Trends in the Diagnosis of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: 1999–2007
  Lacey Benson, Heather J. Baer, and David C. Kaelber
  Pediatrics, Jan 2009; 123: e153 - e158

• Characteristics Associated With Older Adolescents Who Have a Television in Their Bedrooms
  Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Patricia van den Berg, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, and Mary Story
  Pediatrics, Apr 2008; 121: 718 - 724

• A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity
  Gary D. Foster, Sandy Sherman, Kelley E. Borradaile, Karen M. Grundy, Stephanie S. Vander Veur, Joan Nachmani, Allison Karpyn, Shiriki Kumanyika, and Justine Shults
  Pediatrics, Apr 2008; 121: e794 - e802

• Food-Related Advertising on Preschool Television: Building Brand Recognition in Young Viewers
  Susan M. Connor
  Pediatrics, Oct 2006; 118: 1478 - 1485

• Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality Among Children in a National Household Survey
  Shanthy A. Bowman, Steven L. Gortmaker, Cara B. Ebbeling, Mark A. Pereira, and David S. Ludwig
  Pediatrics, Jan 2004; 113: 112 - 118

• Two-year follow-up results for Hip-Hop to Health Jr.: a randomized controlled trial for overweight prevention in preschool minority children.
  Fitzgibbon ML, Stolley MR, Schiffer L, Van Horn L, KauferChristoffel K, Dyer A.
  Journal of Pediatrics, May 2005;  146(5):618-25