ADOLESCENT NUTRITION LINKS

• Access to Food
  American Dietetic Association (ADA) — (accessed January 4, 2009)  
  Child and adolescent food and nutrition programs – Position of ADA
• Eating Behaviors
  MedicineNet.com Health Fact — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  Junk Food vs Healthy Nutrition For Children — an interview.

  Eating Disorders
  American Dietetic Association (ADA) — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)  
  Position Paper on Eating Disorders (pdf format).

  Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009) 
  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 January 4, 2009)  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 January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009) 
  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 January 4, 2009)
  Bright Futures in Practice:  Nutrition 
  Bright Futures in Practice:  Physical Activity
  
  Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) — (accessed January 4, 2009)  
  Position Statement on Nutritional Health of Adolescents

  USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center — (accessed January 4, 2009)  
  How food label reference values (DV) compare to the Nutritional Recommendations for Children and Adolescents

• University of Minnesota  — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)   
  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 January 4, 2009)
  Position paper on preventing and treating adolescent obesity.
• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)
  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 January 4, 2009)
  Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2005). Koplan JP, et al.
• Journal of Adolescent Health — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  Metabolic Syndrome and the Mismeasure of Risk (Editorial) .  Goodman E. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2008; Vol. 42 , Issue 6 , Pages 538 – 540
• Public Health
  American Public Health Association — (accessed April 7, 2009)
  Video on what Public Health does. http://www.generationpublichealth.org/ 
• Research Review
  New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) — (accessed January 4, 2009)
  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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