Childhood Obesity

I have decided to focus my semester projects on the issue of childhood obesity. I will be able to do a large amount of my research online. After browsing many sites, I found The US Department of Health & Human Services (and the National Institutes of Health) to be most useful for statistical data. Another helpful organization is the National Association of Children’s Health (NACH).

I intend on using the following two organizations (and possibly more) for information on the current acts to fight childhood obesity:
-Alliance for a Healthier Generation (in partnership with the American Heart Association). On their website they state their goals to be to “to halt the nationwide increase in childhood obesity by 2010, reverse the trend by 2015, and inspire young people and their families to develop lifelong healthy habits.”
-The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion who focuses on improving the nutrition and well-being of Americans.

PittCat will also be useful for helping find books and current journal articles regarding childhood obesity. One good journal I found is the American Journal of Public Health. This is just one example of the many sources available through Pitt’s University Library System.