Courtesy of Abbot Nutrition Health Institute
Healthy Active Living for Families (HALF): www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy- living/nutrition/Pages/Healthy-Active-Living-for-Families.aspx
American Heart Association: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/ HealthyKids/ChildhoodObesity/What-is- childhood-obesity_UCM_304347_Article. jsp#.WVA3E02GOpo
Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/facts.htm
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: https://health.gov/
The Institute of Child Nutrition: http://theicn.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight: https://ihcw.aap. org/Pages/default.aspx
USDA Team Nutrition: https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/team-nutrition
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association): www.eatright.org/
Trust for America’s Health: The State of Obesity in 2016: http://healthyamericans. org/reports/stateofobesity2016/
Institute of Medicine’s Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation https://www.nap.edu/cata- log/13275/accelerating-progress-in-obesity-prevention-solving-the-weight-of-the
Current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans: https://health.gov/dietaryguide- lines/2015/guidelines/
Obesity Prevention Source: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source