Pathfinder
Home Economics
Year 12
TOPIC: IMPACT OF
FOOD
Search terms for the Library
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Online Databases:
Go to Brigidine’s Online Databases page, and search in Subscription
databases.
Electric Library, Echo and Encyclopedia
Britannica will all have up-to-date material on the topic.
Use
the search terms given above.
Magazine:
Nutri Date also has some good articles on
children and eating habits
World Wide Web:
OBESITY – Causes and effects
An excellent site. Links to reports, statistics, health and nutrition,
active transport and physical activity sites all to do with obesity.
Obesity information links
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/links.html
Obesity in children
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Obesity_in_children?OpenDocument
About childhood obesity
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/about.html
Look for
Facts about childhood obesity
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/background/background.html
Australiasian Society for the study of obesity
http://www.asso.org.au/home
Use “children” and “obesity” as search terms
Fact Sheet: overweight and obesity in Australian children
The problem of overweight and obese children
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/background/factsheet.html
Childhood obesity
http://www.medicineau.net.au/clinical/obesity/obesit1275.html?NewsID=&Mode=Print
Childhood obesity: of growing urgency
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/176_08_150402/goodman_letter.html
Childhood obesity: modernity’s scourge
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues178_09_050503/wat10857_fm-2.html
Fighting fat kids : fat chance
Excellent site examines the causes and effects with
solutions to the problem of obesity.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/regions/features/fightingfatkids/default.htm
Obese kids : the risk
http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s1137569.htm
Obesity adds weight
to healthcare burden
http://www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/featureitems/s1307512.htm
GENETICS
Obesity in the Genes
”Well, you can only pin part of the blame on our environment.
At least 40 percent of our body weight is genetically determined”.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s805684.htm
Obesity and genes
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s803457.htm
ADVERTISING
Limit TV watching to prevent kids becoming overweight
www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=3537
Nutrition Australia: Nutrition Australia Position Statement --- Food
Advertising
directed at Children
www.nutritionaustralia.com/News_in_Nutrition/Postition_Papers/food_advertising_at_children.asp
Issue: Do
Ads Make Children Fat?
http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/wfi/foodissues/children/0402026.asp
ENVIRONMENT
"We are not claiming that parents are to blame for
their
children's weight problems, but parents
are struggling to
promote a healthy lifestyle in their
families, due largely
to the pressurised
environment in which we live today.
"Yet they are ultimately responsible
for their children's
wellbeing and their lifestyle at home, therefore we are
hoping that by helping to guide the parents in a more
healthy direction, their children will
reap the benefits in the future."
http://www.flinders.edu.au/news/articles/?fj20v13s04
Parents to blame for obese children
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Health/Parents-to-blame-for-obese-children/2005/02/12/1108061922855.html?oneclick=true
Obese parents are the greatest influence for childhood
obesity
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=3201
Parents at core of childhood obesity
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392599938.html?from=storylhs&oneclick=true
Overweight kids: the problem gets bigger
”Bad dietary habits and lack of physical activity mean that
Australian children aren't getting
gradually fatter, they're
getting fatter - ironically - by leaps and bounds.”
http://www.flinders.edu.au/news/articles/?fj09v12s01
Childhood obesity no surprise when unhealthy food seems normal
http://www.flinders.edu.au/news/articles/?fj16v14s04
Obesity and take away food
http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s798661.htm
Eating Patterns of Australians
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/phs/Documents/shpu/19520.pdf
Sweet drinks make kids fat
http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s938905.htm
Differences in overweight and obesity among Australian
schoolchildren
of low and middle/high socioeconomic
status
http://mja.com.au/public/issues/179_01_070703/letters_070703-3.html
School Cafeterias Becoming a Nutritional Battleground
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/07/Worldandnation/School_cafeterias_bec.shtml
Tuckshop make-over
http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/health/Transcripts/s961440.htm
Long lasting
effects of excessive television viewing in childhood
and adolescence.
The Health Report
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s1162628.htm
SOLUTIONS
What can I do about childhood obesity
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/what_to_do.html
Treatment of childhood obesity
http://www.australianprescriber.com/index.php?content=/magazines/vol26no2/30_32_childobesity.htm
Kid’s Healthy Food and Activity Guide. Create your own guide
based on a questionnaire
http://www3.health.nsw.gov.au/cihfap/form/surveyform.cfm
Junk Food Vs Healthy Nutrition for Children
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9522
Medical Journal of
Australian Children. What are Australian
children eating and
how does this compare
with public health guidelines?
http://www.mja.com.au/public/nutrition/question1.html
Nutrition for Children. Look for Food Facts
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Nutrition_for_all_ages/Children/children_index.asp
Nutrition
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Nutrition_In_Schools/Dietary_Guidelines_Index.asp
Promoting children’s health in the
community.
Centre for Health Promotion
Reducing childhood obesity
http://www.healthyeatingclub.org/info/articles/infant-child/reduce-ch-obesity.htm
Healthy eating club: Childhood and adolescent
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/articles/infant-child/childhood-obesity.htm
Healthy eating for kids
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Healthy_eating_for_kids?OpenDocument
20 Steps in promoting healthy weight in children
http://www.asso.org.au/profiles/profs/tips/children
Overweight children- healthy lifestyle tips
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Overweight_children_healthy_lifestyle_tips?OpenDocument
Physical activity keeps you healthy
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Healthy_eating_for_kids?OpenDocument
Virtually Healthy: Preventing childhood obesity --- Time
to tackle food advertising practices?
www.chdf.org.au/i-cms_file?page=651/VirtuallyHealthy25.pdf
Parent Activity tips for children
http://www.nutritionaustralia.com/The_Health_Club/activity_for_children.asp
Childhood obesity: parenting advice
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FL00058
Healthy school canteens
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/canteens.html
Update 2006 LHU