While the need for obesity prevention is clear, intervention will be necessary for the millions of children and adolescents who are already overweight and the millions more who will develop weight problems in the…

As the need for broad measures to address the pediatric obesity epidemic has been recognized, significant attention has been focused on ways to prevent weight problems among children.

Although genetics may play a…

Much of the public discourse about obesity has focused on the role of policy in the current epidemic.  Policy issues at the local,  state,  and national levels have come under scrutiny, and policy…

Although obesity is on the rise among all demographic groups, prevalence rates differ across gender and ethnic groups. Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)  indicate that…

Recent estimates indicate that approximately 17 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are obese (i.e., a Body Mass Index at or above the 95th percentile) (American Medical Association [AMA], 2007),…