I wonder if anybody has picked this up...

AAP press release   (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/augobesity.htm)
....

"Recommendations in the policy include:
*  Identify and track patients at risk by virtue of family history, birth
weight, socioeconomic, ethnic, cultural or environmental factors
*  Calculate and plot BMI once a year in all children and adolescents.
*  Use change in BMI to identify rate of excessive weight gain relative to
linear growth.
*  Encourage, support and protect breastfeeding.
*  Encourage parents and caregivers to promote healthy eating patterns.
*  Routinely promote physical activity, including unstructured play.
*  Recommend limitation of television and video time to a maximum of two
hours per day. "

and from the WebMD article ( http://makeashorterlink.com/?C50212A85) ...

"Key recommendations include:
*  Identify and track children at risk for becoming overweight due to a
family history of obesity, birth weight, socioeconomic status, ethnicity,
and other cultural and environmental factors.
*  Calculate and plot BMI once a year in all children and adolescents
according to CDC growth charts for age and sex.
*  Use changes in BMI to identify excessive weight gain relative to growth.
*  Encourage parents and caregivers to promote healthy eating patterns.
*  Routinely promote physical activity, including unstructured play.
*  Limit television and video time to a maximum of two hours per day. "

Hmm - there seems to be something missing.... I just can't put my finger on
it????

Surprise, surprise - WebMD does it again - how can they get away with this??

Dulcie Bridges
Breastfeeding Counsellor
Western Australia

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