[AODA members] FYI: New Pediatric Weight Management Guideline published!

[Stacia Nordin, RD]

AODA Members - ADA has many resources for us to use in our work, the 
on-line Evidence-Based Guidelines is one of these.  I hope that you each 
take advantage of this member important benefit and are help to raise 
the bar for nutrition practice around the world where ever it is 
needed.  Stacia Nordin, RD, AODA President 07-08, Malawi

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*Date*:         June 4, 2007

*To:*                Dietetic Practice Groups and Affiliates*
From:*          Kari Kren, MPH, RD, Manager, 
Governance                      

*Subject:*    Pediatric Weight Management Evidence-Based Nutrition 
Practice Guideline

 

ADA is pleased to announce the publication of the Pediatric Weight 
Management Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline, which is FREE to 
all ADA members on the Evidence Analysis Library! Within this guideline, 
you'll find recommendations on the following topics.

 

Treatment considerations such as:

setting weight goals

group and individual treatment

family participation

**nutrition counseling and behavior therapy strategies **

Interventions involving:

e**nergy restriction**

**reduced glycemic load **

**very low carbohydrate **

**protein sparing modified fast **

**physical activity **

AND MORE! 

 

This /new/ Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline contains 
systematically developed recommendations, based on scientific evidence 
and is designed to assist practitioners on the appropriate nutrition 
care for children and adolescents who are overweight and obese. ADA 
members, including expert workgroups and trained analysts, extensively 
examined the research to develop a series of recommendations and 
treatment algorithms which accurately summarize this body of evidence. 
The intent of ADA's guidelines are to support the integration of 
evidence-based dietetics practice and improve the quality of care.

 

To visit the Pediatric Weight Management Evidence-Based Nutrition 
Practice Guideline go to www.adaevidencelibrary.com 
<http://www.adaevidencelibrary.com/> and select "Evidence-Based 
Guidelines" from the top navigation bar. Members should use their member 
number as their username and their chosen or assigned password to log in. 

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