Children With Hypertension (high blood pressure) and Obesity A Parents Resource Guide
Resources
From the CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Childhood Overweight and Obesity (main Page)
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/index.html
Childhood Obesity Facts
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html
Basics About Childhood Obesity
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/basics.html
A Growing Problem
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/problem.html
From the AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discusses high blood pressure in children
Link: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/heart/Pages/High-Blood-Pressure-in-Children.aspx
About Childhood Obesity
http://www2.aap.org/obesity/about.html
Childhood Obesity: Common Misconceptions
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/obesity/Pages/Childhood-Obesity-Common-Misconceptions.aspx
What Is Really Causing the Child Obesity Epidemic?
http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/What-Is-Really-Causing-the-Child-Obesity-Epidemic.aspx
Pediatricians Aim to End Childhood Obesity Within a Generation
http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/Pediatricians-Aim-to-End-Childhood-Obesity-Within-a-Generation.aspx
AAP: Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity: Helpful Links:
http://www2.aap.org/obesity/links.html
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