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The Center for Disease superintendence and Prevention is calling in succession physicians to take an active part in encouraging obese patients to let slip weight. Resources available online include the following:

* The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) proffers patient education handouts online at its consumer Web site, http://familydoctor. org. Handouts are available in English and Spanish onward topics such as weight ascendency diets to lose weight, and exercise programs.

* The Surgeon General's office has launched a recent information clearinghouse to help in the battle against childhood obesity. The clearinghouse is available online at http://shapingamericasyouth.com. More than 1000 exercise, nutrition, healthy-baby, and other antiobesity programs are look forward toed to participate in the clearinghouse. The goals are to risk up a registry of programs and resources for parents, teachers, physicians, foundations, and command agencies interested in the latest research.

* The collaborative arrange Action for Healthy Kids, has launched its redesigned Web site at http://www.actionforhealthykids.org. The site proffers a resource database and fact sheets onward nutrition and exercise programs for children and teenagers, and action planning guides. The collaborative, which includes the AAFP as a partner, is working to address the obesity epidemic from promoting sound nutrition and physical activity in U schools

* The Children's Aid Society has launched "JumpStart," an obesity prevention program targeted at preschool-aged children. Information about JumpStart is available online at http://www.childrensaidsociety. org. The program's goal is to establish healthy eating habits and increase physical activity plains in very young children to obviate the later development of obesity and related health problems

* The Center for Disease restrain and Prevention has launched "VERB: It's What You Do." The program aims to help physical activity through research, media, partnership, and community efforts. VERB partnership efforts address other issues, including the ne to render certain access to safe and affordable physical activity opportunities, the couple free-time and organized. Information about the VERB campaign is available online at http://www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign/.

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