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Jane Mitchell Rees, PhD, RD, CD
Departments of Health Services and Pediatrics 
Maternal Child Health and Adolescent Medicine 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Access to Food
American Dietetic Association (ADA) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)  
Child and adolescent food and nutrition programs - Position of ADA

Eating Behaviors
MedicineNet.com Health Fact --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Junk Food vs Healthy Nutrition For Children --- an interview.

Eating Disorders
American Dietetic Association (ADA) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Nutrition intervention in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) - Position of ADA

Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)  
Position Paper on Eating Disorders (pdf format).

Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders: The State of the Art. (pdf format) Pediatrics 2003; 111: e98-e108.  Published in Jan 2003 ePediatrics, the authors (including Jane M Rees) are members of the Eating Disorders Special Interest Group of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.   

Educational Modules
EuTEACH -- (accessed July 7, 2008)
A curriculum for professionals who educate others about adolescent health.  Modules include Nutrition, Exercise and Obesity, and Eating Disorders.  Sponsored by WHO and the International Association for Adolescent Health.

Family Meals
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine --- (accessed July 7, 2008) 
Correlations Between Family Meals and Psychosocial Well-being Among Adolescents.  (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:792-796).

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)  The Importance of Family Dinners IV , September 2007,  The Importance of Family Dinners III , September 2006; The Importance of Family Dinners II , September 2005.  Three reports on frequency of family dinners, family dinners and teen substance abuse, family dinners and family relationships. Includes survey results.

General Nutrition (Recommendations & Guidlines)
DHSS/USDA --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).Food & Nutrition Board. 
See categories for male and female ages 9 through 18 years (Table D1-1) to find the amounts recommended for adolescents. 

Maternal and Child Health Library --- (accessed July 7, 2008) 
Knowledge Path:  Child and Adolescent Nutrition
The goal of this site is to "...serve the maternal and child (MCH) community with accurate, reliable, and timely information and resources."  A project of the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, at Georgetown University.

Bright Futures --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Bright Futures in Practice:  Nutrition 
Bright Futures in Practice:  Physical Activity

Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)  
Position Statement on Nutritional Health of Adolescents

USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center --- (accessed July 7, 2008)  
How food label reference values (DV) compare to the Nutritional Recommendations for Children and Adolescents

University of Minnesota  --- (accessed July 7, 2007)
Guidelines for Adolescent Nutrition Services, Eds. Stang J, & Story M. 2005.  A comprehensive overview of nutrition issues of teens.

Information for Parents
Washington State Department of Health --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Adolescent Nutrition: Information for adults who care about teens --- a downloadable pamphlet. (pdf format).
Eating Disorders:  Information for adults who care about teens --- a downloadable pamphlet. (pdf format).

Overweight
United States Department of Agriculture --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Obesity and Functional Foods;  USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service -- Obesity & Healthy Weight.  Presentation by Catherine Champagne PhD, RD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center. 

  Maternal and Child Health Library --- (accessed July 7, 2008)   
Knowledge Path:  Overweight and Obesity
The goal of this site is to "...serve the maternal and child (MCH) community with accurate, reliable, and timely information and resources."  A project of the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, at Georgetown University.

Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Position paper on preventing and treating adolescent obesity.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Effects of a Weight Management Program on Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters in Overweight Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Savoye M, et al..  JAMA. 2007;297:2697-2704. Abstract:  http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/297/24/2697  

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Metabolic effects of repeated weight loss and regain in adolescent wrestlers. S. N. Steen, R. A. Oppliger and K. D. Brownell. JAMA. 1988 Jul 1;260(1):47-50. Abstract: http://jama.ama-assn.org:80/cgi/content/abstract/260/1/47  

  National Academies Press  --- (accessed July 20, 2008)
Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2005). Koplan JP, et al.

Research Review
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) --- (accessed July 7, 2008)
Annals of the NYAS Vol. 817, May 1997 - Adolescent Nutritional Disorders - Prevention and Treatment. Table of contents, some abstracts, and how to order this book.

 

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