Weight/Obesity - Pediatric/Paediatric: Prevention
Nutrition Care Process (Toolkits)
Last Updated: 2021-03-16
Target Group: All children(0-12 yr.), Youth(13-17 yr.)
Key Nutrition Issues
Obesity prevention and intervention requires multiple levels of intervention, from individual changes to broader community, sectoral and society-levels changes where healthy eating and physical activity are easy choices. At the individual level, a number of modifiable nutrition, lifestyle issues (physical activity, inactivity, screen time), family health (parenting style, parent role modeling), and weight-teasing/bullying can increase the risk of pediatric overweight and obesity. Identifying