An official website of the United States government.
DHHS. National Institutes of Health.
A national program for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight.
Adolescent and Childhood Obesity
DHHS. CDC. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, Overweight and Obesity
CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (DNPAO) protects the health of Americans at every stage of life by encouraging regular physical activity, good nutrition, and preventing adult and childhood obesity.
Institute of Child Nutrition.
Find reports, studies, and educational materials for child nutrition programs.
USDA. Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review.
Browse systematic review data about the impact of nutrition on children and weight.
Overweight Children, Is Parental Knowledge a Factor? ( pdf | 86 KB )
USDA. Economic Research Service. Food Review.
HHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Find the framework, standards and best practices, state and community action, national efforts, and resources and publications for Early Care and Education.
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
CDC BMI-for-age gender specific charts, with established percentile cutoff points to identify underweight and overweight in children.
NASEM, Health and Medicine Division.
Provides recommended steps local governments can take in creating environments that make it easier for children to eat healthy diets and get more physical activity.
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research.
A collaboration among CDC, NIH, USDA, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) aimed at accelerating research progress to stop and reverse childhood obesity in America.
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research.
Provides a one-stop, web-based catalogue of existing surveillance systems that contain data relevant to childhood obesity research. Includes data at local, state, and national levels on a range of variables.