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"Obesity has become rampant because we now tend to eat more and move less, and we are increasingly encouraged to do so by our environments. Obesity, in other words, is a sign of mismatch between our genes – still lingering at the hunter-gatherer epoch – and our current techno-commercial and comfort-oriented lifestyles" (Maziak,Ward & Stockton, 2007).

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 Interactive Nutrition & Terms Glossary A-Z

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 Interactive Nutrition & Terms Glossary A-Z

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Click here to launch the Nutrition Dictionary

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Did you know?..
32% of school-age children in the United States are overweight or obese?

In the past 30 years, the prevalence of childhood obesity has more than doubled among children ages 2-5, has tripled among youth ages 6-11, and has more than tripled among adolescents ages 12-19 (Maziak,Ward & Stockton, 2007).

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Body Mass Index is a tool that helps assess a persons height and weight to calculate if they are a healthy weight, overweight or obese. Click Here to access the Body Mass Index Calculator

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Why Is Childhood Obesity Increasing in the US?

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Why Is Childhood Obesity Increasing in the US?

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Unhealthy eating habits, and too large of portions.

Lack of early detection

Low breastfeeding rates

Most parents and children live sedentary lifestyles: alot of families sit at a desk during the day.

(Endevelt et al., 2014)

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Suggested Serving Size's for Each Food Group 

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Suggested Serving Size's for Each Food Group 

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If you're looking for a simple way to watch your weight & eat healthy, follow this handy serving size chart to understand portions. It's easier than you think!

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Environmental Risk Factors that Contribute to Obesity

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Environmental Risk Factors that Contribute to Obesity

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Income, Education, Food Access

Culture and Ethnicity (Did you know that Black and Hispanic Children are more likely to be obese)

Parental Stress and Eating Habits

(Maziak,Ward & Stockton, 2007)

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Maternal weight

Prenatal obesity

Maternal smoking

(Maziak, Ward & Stockton, 2007)

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Childrens Health Problems Linked to Obesity

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Childrens Health Problems Linked to Obesity

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Click here for a list of health problems that are linked to childhood obesity

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The Basics Tips to Get Families Started 

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The Basics Tips to Get Families Started 

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Get Your Family Healthy, Healthy Weight Basics, NHLBI, NIH

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Ideas to help your family eat healthy, increase physical activity and exercise, and reduce screen time

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Everyday Ideas to Move More, Get Active, NHLBI, NIH

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Tips for fitting physical activity into your family's life

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Helpful Tools and Information for Parents Click Here

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News Story on NYC passing bill to reduce childhood obesity 

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News Story on NYC passing bill to reduce childhood obesity 

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Healthier Happy Meals: Would new law make a difference?

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New research looks at the potential impact of a bill that would require healthier kids' menus at fast food restaurants. CBS News' Brian Webb reports.

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Target Audience: This "padlet" design is intended to be a interactive/informative tool for patients, parents, and children.

Advantages to using this medium:

I really liked using padlet because its easy to access from any computer (it is a public link), its free and easy to use.

Padlet is more like a online "wall" that acts as a virtual notepad.

The site allows for the user to move items around by holding down the left mouse click button, or  double clicking.  Its easy to  add photos, videos, links and change the appearance too.

The ability to add photos and a visually appearing background makes this site easy to navigate and is appealing for the viewer.

It is also easy to collaborate on this site. It would be a effective tool for a parent or kids club to collaborate on a informative page and add links/information they find.

Disadvantages of Padlet:

Anyone can edit a padlet page if it is set up as a public page. So if a viewer were to move or delete items there is no way to prevent this.

This would not be a tool that could be added to a hospital or clinic website section of Forms and Advice because any user can edit the material if it the privacy setting are not set correctly.

The padlet template is wider than a typical website page, so the viewer has to use the left to right scroll to see the entire presentation. This can be corrected by holding down CTRL and "-" or CTRL and "+"  at the same time but most users would not be familiar with this computer command and it makes the font very small when you zoom out.

The format to enter font is different than a typical microcoft document, the spacing for siting references is difficult to manipulate and the spacing would not cooperate to make it correct apa style formatting.

6th Edition of APA formatting used.

References

BMI percentile calculator for child and teen english version. (n.d.). Retrieved from               https://nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx

Endevelt, R., Elkayam, O., Cohen, R., Peled, R., Tal-Pony, L., Grunwald, R. M., . . .

Heymann, A. D. (2014). An Intensive Family Intervention Clinic for Reducing Childhood Obesity. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine,27(3), 321-328. doi:10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.130243

Everyday ideas to move more. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/get-active/activity-plan.htm

Healthier happy meals: Would new law make a difference? (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/healthier-happy-meals-would-new-law-make-a-   difference/

Maziak, W., Ward, K. D., & Stockton, M. B. (2007). Childhood obesity: Are we missing

the big picture? Obesity Reviews,0(0). doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2007.00376

Nutrition dictionary (n.d.).  Retrieved from

http://www.nourishinteractive.com/flash/nutrition-dictionary/en/6-nutrition-dictionary

Overcoming barriers to physical activity. (2011). Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/adding-
pa/barriers.html

Overweight and obesity. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/overweight-                                        obesity.html#

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010). Washington, DC: Psychological  Association.

Suggested servings from each food group. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/HealthyDietGoals/Suggested-Servings-from-Each-Food-Group_UCM_318186_Article.jsp#.V4mQGDUom6g

We Can!® tools and tesources. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/tools-resources/index.htm

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Encourage Healthy Eating Habits

Keep Kids Active- at least 60 minutes per day

Reduce sedentary time and limit screen time

Remove calorie rich temptations-offer low sugar/fat snacks

("Overweight and Obesity, " n.d.)