Expert Perspectives Videos

Listen to Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD, an award-winning health and medical journalist and registered dietitian, discuss practical aspects of weight management for young people. Her book, Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep it Off-and What They Wish Parents Knew, is the first book written from the perspective of young people who succeeded at losing weight and keeping it off.

Child Weight Management Resources

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)

The NICHQ's Childhood Obesity Action Network (COAN) has created an Implementation Guide to accompany the newly released Expert Committee Obesity Recommendations. Designed to accelerate improvement in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, the Guide supports healthcare professionals with the practice tools and resources necessary to put the new recommendations into practice. www.nichq.org

New! Childhood Overweight Focus: Breakfast Two-page newsletter discussing the apparent link between breakfast skipping and overweight in children and teens. Includes core counseling messages about breakfast. Edited by registered dietitian and best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD. View PDF Effective Communication with Families* Simple guideline and techniques for facilitating conversations with parents and/or child about healthy weight and the lifestyle changes necessary to achieve and maintain it. View PDF

See more printable brochures for you and your patients on topics of weight management for children and teens, diabetes management, FAQs, and more

*This document is being used with permission from Kaiser Permanente. Please refer to NICHQ.org and the Childhood Obesity Action Network for more information.