Obesity Guidelines
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
There are 3 components to this publication aimed at adults, adolescents and practitioners.
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- PDF printable version of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents (PDF 719 KB)
The same publication in smaller sections:
- Contents and Copyright (PDF 96 KB)
- Preface (PDF 53 KB)
- Summary (PDF 49 KB)
- Evidence-based Statements and Recommendations (PDF 99 KB)
- Part 1 - The Prevalence and Tracking of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents (PDF 63 KB)
- Part 2 - Definition and Measurement of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents (PDF 116 KB)
- Part 3 - Risk Factors (PDF 183 KB)
- Part 4 - Morbidity and Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (PDF 130 KB)
- Part 5 - Conventional Weight-management Strategies (PDF 134 KB)
- Part 6 - Non-conventional Weight-management Strategies (PDF 91 KB)
- Appendix A - The Guideline-development Methodology (PDF 77 KB)
- Appendix B - References (PDF 203 KB)
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