Weight Management Policy and Actions

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Task Force on Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Better Health Information for Better Nutrition This page provides information and related documents for FDA's Better Health Information for Better Nutrition initiative to combat obesity and make nutrition information available to consumers. (more)	Jul 15, 2003
	Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (4th : 2004 : Budapest, Hungary)	Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe This document discusses the management of risks to children's health from environmental hazards and presents regional priority goals and related actions for protecting children's health from environmental hazards. (more) Publication Date: Friday, June 25, 2004	Jul 5, 2004
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Combating Childhood Obesity: Get DVDs to Help Prevent Obesity in Children Information on free DVDs developed in partnership with Discovery Networks, U.S. to combat childhood obesity. One DVD is targeted to children ages 5-9 and their families, one to clinicians. (more) Publication Month: September 2004	Sep 29, 2004
	Chan, Ginie; Katz, David L./Policy Committee, American College of Preventive Medicine	Diet in the Prevention and Control of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Type II Diabetes This position statement discusses the relationship among diet, obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes, recommends a diet that is advisable for weight control, diabetes prevention, and good health, and provides a position on fad diets thought to be conducive to weight control. (more)	Jul 7, 2003
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Diet, Physical Activity and Health - EU Platform for Action Database Database of action plans of members of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The database is searchable by type of actor, geographical coverage, theme of action, type of activity, target audience, and other parameters. (more) Deadline: Monday, December 19, 2005	Dec 19, 2005
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/U.S. Department of Agriculture	Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 Recommendations to promote health and reduce risk of chronic disease, intended primarily for policymakers, healthcare providers, nutritionists, and nutrition educators. Includes discussion of food safety, weight management, fats, carbohydrates, sodium and potassium, adequate nutrient intake, and more. Appendices include "Eating Patterns," "Food Sources of Selected Nutrients," and others. This web page also provides access to supporting documents and links. (more) Publication Year: 2005	Jan 12, 2005
	Sahota, Pinki, et al.	Evaluation of Implementation and Effect of Primary School Based Intervention to Reduce Risk Factors for Obesity This report discusses the implementation and outcomes of a school-based program to reduce risk factors for obesity. Publication Date: Saturday, November 3, 2001	Jul 9, 2003
	Hearne, Shelley A.; Segal, Laura M.; Unruh, Patti J.; Earls, Michael J.; Smolarcik, Paul	F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America Report on state and national obesity policies and programs. Includes discussion of overweight and obesity levels, related disease levels, and related costs for each state, school-based programs to combat obesity, state policies and actions regarding obesity, federal responsibilities and policies regarding obesity, and recommendations. Appendices include "Healthy People" and "Background and Data Sources for Indicators and Methodology Used in this Report". (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 9, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	FDA Warns Distributors of Dietary Supplements Promoted Online for Weight Loss Release regarding FDA's warning to distributors of dietary supplements over the Internet regarding false and misleading claims for weight loss products. Includes a link to follow to access copies of the warning letters that were sent. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 1, 2004	May 3, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 Final rule that amends the food additive regulations "to provide for the safe use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in meal replacement bars, other- type bars, and soy-protein based meal replacement beverages represented for special dietary use in reducing or maintaining body weight." Includes discussion of the safety assessment. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2005	Jul 1, 2005
	Federal Trade Commission	FTC Launches "Big Fat Lie" Initiative Targeting Bogus Weight-Loss Claims Release regarding law enforcement actions against companies making false weight-loss claims in advertisements for products including dietary supplements. Includes links to related documents on the individual cases. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2004	Dec 16, 2004
	Engle, Mary K./Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission	[Letter to Internet Advertisers of Products Claiming to Affect Cortisol] Letter regarding marketing claims that products cause weight loss or produce other health benefits by affecting cortisol that are not supported by scientific evidence. (more) Publication Date: Friday, October 1, 2004	Oct 8, 2004
	Schmidhuber, Josef	Long-Term Changes in Food Consumption Patterns: Emerging Concerns and Policy Options This document was prepared for the FAO Scientific Workshop on Globalization of the Food System: Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition, held October 8-10, 2003, in Rome. It discusses changes in food consumption patterns and nutrition, drivers of these changes, and the effects of these changes on future levels of diet-related diseases and obesity. Policy options are also discussed. (more) Publication Month: October 2003	Feb 12, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration/Federal Trade Commission	Mexico, United States, Canada Combat Weight Loss Fraud Release and fact sheet regarding compliance actions taken as part of the Mexico, United States, Canada Health Fraud Working Group weight loss initiative to combat false weight loss claims and the distribution of false weight loss products. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Publication Date: Monday, October 24, 2005	Nov 15, 2005
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	More Folic Acid, Less Salt and Junk Food! Release regarding an agreement between European national food safety agencies and the European Food Safety Agency on preventing food- and nutrition-related diseases. Access to the Common statement of representatives of national food safety agencies and institutions involved in nutrition in European countries and Norway, adopted January 13, 2004 in Paris, is provided. This document discusses points on salt, folic acid, and obesity and overweight. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2004	Mar 16, 2004
	Kuchler, Fred; Golan, Elise; Variyam, Jayachandran N.; Crutchfield, Stephen R.	Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences Article that discusses potential intended, unintended, and likely effects of nutrition labeling at restaurants, a tax on snack food, and curtailing advertising, particularly to children, as policies to reduce overweight and obesity. (more) Publication Month: June 2005	Jun 1, 2005
	University of Baltimore	Obesity Research Information on the University of Baltimore Obesity Initiative, including access to state report cards for obesity legislation and childhood obesity legislation. (more)	Jul 22, 2005
	Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine	Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance Report that presents an action plan for reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity. It includes discussion of the extent, consequences, and costs of childhood obesity, as well as recommendations for industry, advertising, media, public education, communities, schools, and home. Appendices include "Literature Review," "Lessons Learned from Public Health Efforts and Their Relevance to Preventing Childhood Obesity," and more. (more) Publication Year: 2005	Oct 26, 2004
	Ritchie, Lorrene, et al.	Prevention of Childhood Overweight - What Should Be Done? This paper discusses intervention strategies and goals for childhood overweight. Publication Year: 2001	Jul 7, 2003
	Weight-control Information Network, U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health	Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better Initiative to promote healthy weight management through physical activity and healthy eating among black women. The web page describes the program and provides links to fact sheets for consumers and materials for implementing the program. (more)	Aug 30, 2004
	Partnership for Healthy Weight Management	Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products or Services Voluntary guidelines for consumer disclosure practices for providers of weight loss products or services. The guidelines were developed by a panel of weight management companies, weight loss professionals, and consumer protection groups. (more) Publication Month: February 1999	Jan 28, 2004

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