Childhood Obesity Tools
Healthy Weight Collaborative Action Kit
The Healthy Weight Collaborative Action Kit is designed to help spread the lessons learned from the Healthy Weight Collaborative to those interested in making change in their communities.
Healthy Care for Healthy Kids
NICHQ, along with teams from Healthy Care for Healthy Kids, a Collaborative to Prevent, Identify and Manage Childhood Overweight, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield MA, have developed a toolkit to assist primary care practice teams in providing coordinated, integrated, and multidisciplinary services to both prevent obesity and improve care for children who are already overweight or at risk for becoming overweight.
Prevention Tools
Includes prevention tools and materials from the Jump Up & Go! website
Assessment and Diagnosis Tools
Contains BMI Charts for boys and girls, An Approach for Prevention and Management of Overweight in Children, and Blood Pressure Charts for the 90th and 95th percentile.
Management and Treatment - Office Tools
Includes Management Plans for the care of children who are overweight or at risk for overweight.
Management and Treatment - Care Partnerships Support Tools
Includes Management Plans for the care of children who are overweight or at risk for overweight.
Family Information Tools
Includes Parenting Tips and Patient Education Tools for use in the care of children who are oveweight or at risk for overweight.
Community Resources Tools
Includes information on Physician Involvement in Community Action and Key Points on Community Resources.
Office Culture Tools
Contains information on creating a healthy pediatric or family practice office environment.
Latino Nutrition Coalition - Camino Magico
Camino Magico, or the "Magic Road" is the first comprehensive supermarket-shopping guide targeting the Latino community. Camino Mágico, developed by Oldways and the Latino Nutrition Coalition, is designed to help Latinos eat healthier based upon traditional Latino eating patterns.
Cultural Competency Guide
Expanding Perspectives: Improving Cultural Competency in Children's Health Care - contains information of providing culturally appropriate care in your practice setting.
To access other childhood obesity tools, please go the Childhood Obesity Action Network.
