• ‍Quick-Start Guide: Print this PDF to use in clinic. In 90 seconds you can have high quality goals set and a follow up plan.  Quick Start Guide‍
• Goal Setting: Use this Goal Setting Worksheet with patients to set nutrition and exercise goals.‍
• Patient Handouts: Print these PDFs to help with optimizing nutrition Meal Planning for Kids and Balanced Plate Worksheet. For some quick tips for parents that want to make some subtle changes, How to Encourage Healthy Habits Without Saying a Word gives some great ideas.

• ‍Online IHBLT: You are committed to providing the best care for your patients, and we are here to support you. Here is a link to Nourish Kids Club, our online IHBLT built on solid, evidence-based research. We have meticulously reviewed and integrated the latest findings to ensure you can confidently recommend our program

• Motivational Interviewing: Prospective studies show that motivational interviewing can positively influence weight outcomes for kids and adolescents and lead to  Sustained improvement.
• Eating Disorder Prevention:  IHBLT helps replace self-directed dieting behaviors and lowers the risk of eating disorders (AAP Guidelines )  
• Effective  IHBLT: Programs lasting more than 26 hours led to significant BMI improvements in 75% of pediatric participants.
• Family Based: Parent involvement is associated with improved outcomes in pediatric weight treatment  Our program is designed to be family based. 
• Healthy Plate Method: We promote the intake of less processed whole fruits, vegetables, grains while avoiding a scarcity mindset by using a modified form of the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate.

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• AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines: The most recent  Clinical Practice Guidelines for Evaluation And Treatment of Children with Obesity Visit AAP CPG, 2023 
• AAP Technical Reports: This report outlines evidence based strategies to guide treatment decisions.  Visit Part I: Interventions  and Part II: Co-morbidities
• AAP Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight: This institute provides resources on responsive feeding and strategies to prevent and treat obesity in children, aimed at both clinicians and families. Visit AAP Institute
• Medication Management of Obesity: This CME Event is a fantastic resource for learning how to prescribe and monitor anti-obesity medications Visit University of Minnesota  CME
• Billing and Coding: The AAP CPG has Created a Billing and Coding for Obesity Care Quick Reference Card.  Visit Coding Card
• Childhood Obesity Cost-Effectiveness Study (CHOICES): This project evaluates the cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention strategies that can help children achieve a healthier weight. Visit CHOICES
• Family Nutrition Physical Activity Screening Questionnaire: This validated tool assesses behaviors that might increase the risk of obesity in children. Visit the Questionnaire
• Let’s Go! 5210 Questionnaire: Part of an obesity prevention initiative, this resource offers guidance and a screening questionnaire based on the 5210 healthy habits. Visit Let's Go! 5210
• Motivational Interviewing: Join Sarah Armstrong, MD as She Discusses Integrating Motivational Interviewing Into Patient Encounters.  Visit Recorded Workshop
• CPG Explainer Videos: The AAP has Created a Series of Videos Along with the 2023 New Guidelines.  Visit Video: Treatment Can Be Effective and Visit Video: Pediatrician’s Role in Obesity Treatment and Visit Video: Factors Associated with Improved Outcomes and Visit Video: Comprehensive Obesity Care Works

• Conversations About Care: Listen to Institute for Healthy Weight Podcast Episode on Weight Stigma and Bias. Visit the Podcast
• Rudd Center: University of Connecticut Teaches Clinicians How to Identify and Overcome Weight Bias.  Visit Rudd Center
• Weight Stigma and Bias Self-Assessment: The Rudd center provides this free self-assessement for Health Care Practitioners.  Visit Self Assessment

• Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents: A set of comprehensive guidelines for child health supervision. Visit Bright Futures

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• American Psychiatric Association: Provides  Guidelines for Treatment of Eating Disorders Visit APA Guidelines
• USPSTF: Provides Final Recommendation Report for Screening of Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults.  Visit USPSTF
• NEDA: NEDA Supports Individuals and Families Struggling with Eating Disorders.  Visit NEDA
• AAP: Provides Recommendations for Prevention of Obesity and Eating Disorders in Adolescents.  Visit AAP

• Healthychildren.org: Offers a variety of tips and advice on diet, activity, sleep, and parenting. Visit Healthychildren.org
• Healthydrinkshealthykids.org: Provides resources to support healthy drink choices for children aged 0–5, targeting parents and professionals. Visit Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids
• Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)/AAP Food Insecurity Screening Toolkit: Aids pediatricians in addressing food insecurity among children. Visit FRAC/AAP Toolkit

• Family Media Plan: Helps families establish media use goals and priorities for healthier screen time. Visit Family Media Plan
• PhoneReady Questionnaire: An online tool developed by AT&T and the AAP to help parents decide if their children are ready for their own cell phones. Visit Phone Ready Questionnaire
• Problematic Media Use Measure: Assesses potential screen addiction indicators in children and adolescents. Visit Problematic Media Use Measure

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• ‍BEARS Sleep Screening Tool: A concise 5-item tool designed for identifying sleep disorders in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years. Visit BEARS Tool

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• AHRQ SDOH and Practice Improvement: Offers a compilation of tools designed to help healthcare organizations tackle social determinants of health (SDOHs). Visit AHRQ SDOH
• Cultural Considerations: Listen to a Conversation about Care Podcast about Cultural Considerations for Obesity Care. Visit the Podcast
• Food Insecurity: Listen to a Conversations about Care Podcast about Food Insecurity.  Visit the Podcast
• AAP Policy: Partnering with Parents and Families to Prevent Toxic Stress. Visit AAP Policy

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• Exercise is Medicine: Encourages physicians to incorporate physical activity prescriptions into their practice with provided tools and recommendations. Visit Exercise is Medicine
• Physical Activity Guidelines: Provides physical activity guidelines suitable for different age groups. Visit Physical Activity Guidelines

• Choose My Plate: Offers public dietary recommendations based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including personalized MyPlate plans. Visit Choose My Plate
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Provides comprehensive dietary advice for individuals across all age groups. Visit Dietary Guidelines
• Cooking Matters: A national initiative to empower caregivers and parents with skills for budget-friendly and healthy cooking. Visit Cooking Matters
• ChopChop Family: Offers cooking learning resources, recipes, and more to help children engage in cooking. Visit ChopChop Family
• Menus of Change: Institute of America and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health works to realize a long-term, practical vision integrating optimal nutrition, public health, environmental stewardship and restoration.  Visit Menus of Change
• Sugar Education: Robert Lustig, MD Educates both Families and Clinicians on the Harms of Sugar. Visit Sugar Education

• Pediatrics: David Freedman, PhD reviews the relationship (or lack thereof)  of BMI to Body Fatness.  Visit Pediatrics
• Pediatric Obesity: BMI has high specificity but low sensitivity to detect excess adiposity and fails to identify over a quarter of children with excess body fat percentage. Visit Pediatric Obesity
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition:  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the screening performance of BMI compared to Dexa Scan.  Visit American J. Clin. Nutr.
• Journal of Pediatrics:  Evaluation of Utility of BMI in Identifying Excess Adiposity Across the Obesity Spectrum.  BMI performed well with class 2 and 3 obesity but had a high degree of discordance was observed in youth with obesity and overweight. Visit Journal of Pediatrics
• Pediatric Obesity: BMI Trends in Predicting Body Fat Across Multiethnic Children.  Visit Pediatric Obesity

• CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers insights and intervention strategies to combat adverse childhood experiences. Visit CDC ACEs