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Reports & Studies > Infant and Child Nutrition and Health
 
Infant and Child Nutrition and Health
   
bullet Infant Nutrition and Health
bullet Child Nutrition and Health
bullet Childhood Overweight and Obesity
 
 
bullet Infant Nutrition and Health
USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS):
  bullet Cost of Infant Formula for the WIC Program Rising
  bullet An Economic Model of WIC: The Infant Formula Rebate Program, and the Retail Price of Infant Formula
  bullet Infant Formula Prices and Availability: Final Report to Congress
  bullet Sharing the Economic Burden: Who Pays for WIC's Infant Formula?
  bullet WIC and the Retail Price of Infant Formula
  bullet The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Issues
Baby Matters: A Gateway to State Policies and Initiatives - Zero to Three.
Black Infant Health Program - California Department of Health Services.
Breastfeeding Reports - USDA, WIC Works.
A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data [PDF] - Child Trends.
Mid-Course Review: Healthy People 2010 Maternal, Infant and Child Health [PDF - 42 pages] - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients - Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Infant Health Status - Child Health USA 2006. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
PeriStats - March of Dimes.
Study Examines Long-Term Health Effects of Soy Infant Formula - USDA, Agricultural Research Service.
   
 
bullet Child Nutrition and Health
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies:
  bullet Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health
  bullet Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005 - Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
Children & Clincal Studies - National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
FoodReview: Examining the Well-Being of Children - USDA, Economic Research Service.
Investments to Promote Children's Health - John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers and their Parents [PDF] - The Kaiser Family Foundation.
Mid-Course Review: Healthy People 2010 Maternal, Infant and Child Health [PDF - 42 pages] - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Nutrition's Role in Feeding Children's Brains - USDA, Agricultural Research Service.
PeriStats - March of Dimes.
Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition [PDF - 36 pages] - UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund.
 
bulletChildhood Overweight and Obesity
Kaiser Family Foundation:
  bullet First Analysis of Online Food Advertising Targeting Children
  bullet The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers and their Parents
National Institute for Health Care Management:
  bullet Childhood Obesity: Harnessing the Power of Public and Private Partnerships [PDF- 28 pages]
  bullet Tackling Childhood Obesity Through Public-Private Collaboration [PDF]
USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS):
  bullet Ecological Predictors and Developmental Outcomes of Persistent Childhood Overweight
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Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs and Obesity: 1976-2002 [PDF - 36 pages]

  bullet Metropolitan Area Food Prices and Children's Weight Gain
  bullet Parental Time, Role Strain and Children's Fat Intake and Obesity-Related Outcomes
  bullet Parenting Practices and Obesity in Low Income African-American Preschoolers
Breastfeeding: The First Defense Against Obesity [PDF]
Childhood Obesity: A Food and Nutrition Resource List for Educators and Researchers [PDF] - USDA, Food and Nutrition Information Center. 
Childhood Obesity: Costs, Treatment Patterns, Disparities in Care and Prevalent Medical Conditions [PDF] - Thomson Medstat.
Childhood Obesity: Factors Effecting Physical Activity [PDF] - United States Government Accountability Office Congressional Briefing.

Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents [PDF - 308 pages] - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

A Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States [PDF - 42 pages] - American Heart Association and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Prevalence of Overweight Among WIC Children [PDF - 54 pages] - USDA, Food and Nutrition Service.
bulletExecutive Summary
Progress in Preventing Child Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? - Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
A Review of Household Behaviors for Preventing Obesity in Children - Mathematica Policy, Inc.
Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
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