Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

completed the program; of those, ninety percent
achieved short-term success while nearly seventy per-
cent maintained long-term success with their weight
management.

Resources

BOOKS
Sothern, M. et al.Handbook of Pediatric Obesity: Clinical
Management. Boca Raton, FL.: Taylor and Francis
Publishers, 2006.
Sothern, M., et al.Trim Kids: The Proven Plan that has Helped
Thousands of Children Achieve a Healthier Weight.New
York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.

OTHER

Kohn, Michael, et al. ‘‘Preventing and Treating Adolescent

Obesity: A Position Paper of the Society of Adolescent

Medicine.’’Journal of Adolescent Health. 38 (2006): 784-787.

<http://www.adolescenthealth.org/PositionPaper_

Preventing_and_Treating_Adolescent_Obesity.pdf>.

National Cancer Institute. Research-Tested Intervention

Programs. ‘‘Trim Kids.’’<http://rtips.cancer.gov/>.

Warner, Jennifer. ‘‘10 Ways to Raise Food-Smart Kids.’’

WebMD. May 16, 2006.<http://children.webmd.com/

guide/10-ways-to-raise-food-smart-kids>.

Stacey L. Chamberlin

Trim Kids