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Library Materials - Obesity
Listed Alphabetically by Title
2000 California High School Fast Food Survey: Findings and Recommendations (2000)
Public Health Institute
Provides findings and recommendations regarding a survey of fast food as it relates to obesity at CA high schools.
Booklet
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Bright Futures in practice - Nutrition: User's Guide (2000)
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
This user's guide was designed to provide an overview of Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition and to assist health professionals in using the information and materials in that guide. See Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition for details.
Book, Booklet
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Child Obesity (Video) (2000)
National Health Video
This 15 min. video addresses child obesity. Designed for use with parents and children 5th grade and older. It stresses the importance of physical activity in weight maintenance for children, role modeling and the nutritional needs of children in general. Packet includes video, activity suggestions, before & after quiz with answer sheet as well as reproducible learning objectives and goals.
Video
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Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle
United Leaning
An educator's is designed to help educators meet the needs of a variety of audiences, including very young children, high school students, and parents. It includes 1 leader's guide, 3 balls, 2 pamphlets, 1 poster, 3 participant materials folders (folder 1: parent and family education; folder 2: early childhood - 4th grade; folder 3: 5th-12th grade), and 3 educational videos (childhood obesity: Lily faces a problem, Clap your hands, and Daily food choices for healthy living).
Booklet, Video, Game, Display
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Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment (2000)
Jana Parizkova, Andrew Hills
Provides a comprehensive characterization of the obese child and adolescent before and after treatment. Reviews a variety of treatment modalities, including suitable diet and exercise and pharmacological and surgical approaches. Covers the main principles and results of studies following treatment using a variety of approaches. 480 pages.
Book
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Children & Weight: What Professionals Can Do, Children and Weight Project Workgroup (2000)
Children & Weight Project Workgroup / University of California Cooperative Extension
Multimedia kit for clinicians, nurses, social workers and other health care professionals who work with children. Includes five unit lessons, video, flip chart (English/Spanish), pamphlets, review of research on pediatric obesity, evaluation tool and resource list.
Curriculum Design, Video
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Children and Weight: What's A Parent to Do? - Spanish version (1998)
Joanne Ikeda & Rita Mitchell
This booklet is written in spanish. It is designed for parents to help guide their children towards healthy eating as well as proper food habits. Low reading level, set up in a do and don't style with large pictures. It discourages limiting the amount of food the child wishes to eat and low calorie diets for children. Also emphasized is the importance of physical activity.
Book, Booklet
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Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults - Highlights for Patients (1999)
National Institutes of Health / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Patient information/highlights from the Obesity Evidence Report released by NIH in 1998. Includes tip sheets on nutrition, food shopping, cooking healthy, and physical activity; sample menus; info on determining weight -related health risk and more.
Booklet, Brochure
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Cooking Up The Pyramid: An Early Childhood Nutrition Curriculum (1993)
Katherine M. Brieger, MA, RD, CDE
Designed for teachers of preschool and early elementary age children (3 - 8 years). Specifically considers the needs of children from migrant farmworker families and other children in poverty. Overall, curriculum addresses obesity, growth retardation, hunger, iron deficiency anemia and dental disease. Background information, objectives, activities, recipes, material needed, handouts and bi-lingual parent newsletter (10 total) is provided for each unit.
Curriculum Design
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Cut the Fat: More than 500 Ways to Reduce Fat from Every Meal (1996)
American Dietetic Association
This small book helps the reader lower the fat in their diet in nearly all situations and settings including at home, restaurant, and vending machines.
Book
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Easy Lowfat Cooking: Fruits & Vegetables (1995)
National Health Video
Low fat cooking techniques are presented, focusing on fruits and vegetables.
Video
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Easy Lowfat Cooking: Healthy, Hearty Breakfasts (1995)
National Health Video
Low fat cooking techniques are presented, focusing on breakfasts.
Video
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Easy Lowfat Cooking: Pasta, Rice and Bread (1995)
National Health Video
Low fat cooking techniques are presented, focusing on pasta, rice and bread.
Video
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Easy Lowfat Cooking: Soup & Salad (1995)
National Health Video
Low fat cooking techniques are presented, focusing on soups and salads.
Video
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Eating on the Run (1992)
Evelyn Tribole
This book is designed to help readers make healthy food choices while managing busy and hectic lives. It discusses eating on the run for weight loss and disease prevention, vitamins, feeding kids on the run, and athletes too.
Book
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Eating Well, Living Well, When You Can't Diet Anymore - A guide to Help You Reach Your Personal Health Goal (2000)
Glenn A. Gaesser, Ph.D., Karin Kratina, M.S., R.D.
This guide is designed to help individuals learn how to use the Food Guide Pyramid, listen to their bodies, and become more active to make lasting, healthful lifestyle changes for health and wellness. Its 8 chapters address the Food Guide Pyramid, Nutrients, Recognizing and maintaining a natural weight, How much do I need to eat, The importance of physical activity and fitness, The truth about fad diets, Eating healthy no matter where you are and Making it all work together.
Book
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For the Health of It: Weight Loss (1989)
University of Georgia
Discusses dietary recommendations for weight loss, starting an exercise program, the potential benefits of aerobic exercise, and behavior modification tips.
Video
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Intuitive Eating - A Revolutionary Program that Works (1995)
Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Designed to help the reader rediscover the pleasures of eating and help them to rebuild their body image. It encourages natural weight loss and helps the reader to find the weight they were meant to be.
Book
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (2001)
National Health Video, Inc.
Explores the connection between obesity and type 2 diabetes. The video also describes to viewers how to use the food pyramid as a dietary aid. Instruction resource package contains 18-minute videotape, learning objectives, learning activities, before/after knowledge quiz, and reproducible handouts. Grade 6 to college.
Booklet, Video
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Present Knowledge in Nutrition; Eighth Edition (2001)
Barbara A. Bowman and Robert M. Russell (editors)
This text includes chapters on energy physiology, macronutrients, fat and water soluble vitamins, minerals and trace elements, and nutrition and the life cycle. It also includes chapters on physiology and pathophysiology and nutrition and chronic disease such as obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. International nutrition including food insecurity and hunger, and emerging issues in nutrition such as food safety are also discussed. The writing style is scientific and detailed.
Book
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Putting Knowledge to Work for a Healthier U
University of Georgia
This program endeavors to help individuals meet some of the Healthy People 2000 goals by developing life-long eating and activity patterns that reduces the incidence of obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and other chronic diseases.
Curriculum Design
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Save Your Child from the Fat Epidemic (1999)
Gayle Povis Alleman
This book is an effort to give busy parents knowledge, ideas, and strategies to help them develop eating and activity habits in their children that promote lifelong health.
Book
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Sports Nutrition Guidebook - 2nd Edition (1997)
Nancy Clark
Contains information about risk reduction for heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, weight loss and being at peace with food; feeding an active family and how to perform better by fueling optimally before, during, and after exercise.
Book
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Staying Well - Teaching Tools for Older Adults (1997)
Ohio Department of Aging, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio State University Extension and Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories
Staying Well contains empowering lessons that address common medical conditions, dental health, drug issues, importance of dietary variety, alcohol, budgeting, socialization, weight gain or loss and overcoming obstacles to shopping, cooking and eating healthfully. It contains intervention activities for older adults complete with lesson plans, challenges, activities, promotional incentives, handouts and much more.
Curriculum Design
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The 2000 Dietary Guidelines For Americans (2001)
Evers, William D, Ph.D., RD and Hanley, Erin E, RD
This CDROM explains the history and rationale behind the new 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Two powerpoint slideshow presentations, intended for educators and the public audience, 10 supplementary handouts, pre and post evaluations for presentation, posters, student activites, and further resources are included. Also includes ABC's of health: Aim for fitness, Build a healthy Base, and Choose sensibly.
CD-ROM, Slide Show
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The Activity Pyramid (1996)
Park Nicollett Health Source
Full color easy to follow physical activity guide. Shows sensible ways to incorporate regular physical activity into any lifestyle.
Brochure
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The Healthy Weigh - A Practical Food Guide (1991)
American Dietetic Association
Contains information on weight loss & recipes and menus.
Book
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The Practical Guide - Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (2000)
National Institutes of Health / National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute / North American Assoc. for the Study of Obesity
Designed for physicians, nurses and dietitians. Based on the Evidence Report released by NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative in 1998. Describes how to and provides the tools necessary to assist overweight and/or obese patients permanently lose weight.
Booklet, Brochure
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Volumetrics (2000)
Barbara Rolls and Robert Barnett
Volumetrics is designed to help people lose weight safely, effectively, and permanently without feeling hungry or deprived.
Book
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Weighing In On Fad Diets - Balanced advice on protein and weight control (2000)
National Pork Producers Council
The reference piece in this kit addresses high protein / low carbohydrate diets. Provides perspective and suggestions for establishing balanced food choices. Recommendations are based on guidelines form the National Institutes of Health. Includes reproducible handouts entitled: The role of Protein; Losing Weight & Keeping it Off; Simple Moves for Muscle Toning and Food choices & Fitness for Kids.
Booklet
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Winding Up, Not Down to Mid-Life Curriculum (1998)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Curriculum was developed to provide individuals age 40 - 60 an opportunity to examine key issues in the areas of personal development, interpersonal relations, health, nutrition and fitness, and financial management.
Curriculum Design
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