Baby steps in the prevention of childhood obesity: IOM guidelines for pediatric practice.
The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the infancy-related guidelines from the Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2011) report “Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies” and highlight research studies that support their implementation in pediatric practice. Findings from recent studies of infant growth monitoring, feeding, sleep, and physical activity are presented. Research strategies that may be applied to today's clinical assessments and interventions are specified. Participation by pediatric nurses in the development of future multi-component interventions to prevent rapid infant weight gain is recommended.
Kathleen F
KF
Gaffney
Panagiota
P
Kitsantas
Albert
A
Brito
Jennifer
J
Kastello
D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D009043:Motor Activity; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012890:Sleep; D014481:United States