Resources for Health Professional Practice
Communication
- Talking to Children about Growth, Weight and Obesity-Dr Grace O’Malley
- HSE Improving children’s health in Ireland
- EASO: Childhood Obesity Pathway for Growth Consultation
- EASO: Talking About Weight: Guidance for GPs & Health Professionals
- Safefood ‘Stopping obesity stigma–a priority for all’
- Safefood and HSE 2013: A Guide for Health Professionals. Assisting Parents and Guardians in communicating with their children about body weight
- Obesity Canada: 5A’s for Pediatric Obesity Management
- Weight Bias in Health Care
- The UConn Rudd Center: Weight Bias and Stigma
- Podcast: What Happens in A Childhood Obesity Service?
- EASO Obesity Taxonomy
Clinical Guidelines
- American Academy of Pediatrics CPG: Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
- Every Move Counts: National physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for Ireland
- UK Physical Activity Guidelines: Birth-5 years
- UK Physical Activity Guidelines: 5-18 years
- Physical activity for disabled children and disabled young people
- Video: Physical Activity for Disabled Children and Disabled Young People
- Systematic Review of Guidelines for Treating Child and Adolescent Obesity
- Obesity Canada: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatrics
- Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines
- DOHC: Recommendations for the Clinical Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults and Children
- FSAI: Healthy Eating, Food Safety and Food Legislation Guidelines
- World Health Organization: Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age
- World Health Organisation: Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Obesity in Adults in Ireland
Growth Monitoring
- EASO: Childhood Obesity Pathway for Growth Consultation
- HSE & ICGP Weight Management Treatment Algorithm for Children
- HSE: The National Healthy Childhood Programme
- HSE: Growth Monitoring Resources
- NHS: Healthy weight calculator
- Tanner Staging: Puberty Charts and Referral Criteria
- RCPCH Growth Chart Resources
Intervention/Treatment
- Healthy Living with CHI, CHI Child and Adolescent Obesity Service
- Evaluating 12 Years of the Specialist Multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Obesity Treatment Service in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street
- Safefood/HSE: START your child on a healthy lifestyle booklet
- General Medical Investigations in Childhood Obesity for Health Professionals
- HSE: National Obesity Clinical Programme
- 8 Healthy Habits
- Acanthosis nigricans and the metabolic syndrome
- Long-Term Results of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with at least 5 years of follow-up: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nutrition
- HSE: Healthy Eating Guidelines and Resources
- Department of Health: The Food Pyramid
- HSE: Healthy Eating for 1-4 Year Olds. The Children’s Food Pyramid Guidelines
- FSAI: Healthy Eating Guidelines for 1-4 Year Olds
- FSAI: Healthy Eating Guidelines for Adults, Teenagers and Children aged 5 and over
- Safefood: What is a serving size? A Guide for Pre-schools
- Safefood: Children’s Portion Sizes
Physical Activity and Fitness
- Get Ireland Active
- Move4health Website
- HSE Active Play Every Day An introduction to Active Play Guidelines for 0-3 year old children
- HSE Active Play Every Day An introduction to Active Play Guidelines for 3-6 year old children
- COSI-WHO Factsheet: Physical Activity, Screen-time and Sleep
- Active Healthy Me (Active Disability Ireland)
Policy Related
- Sláintecare
- HSE: Healthy Weight for Children
- A Healthy Weight for Ireland-Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016-2025
- HSE: Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare
- HSE: Model of Care for Overweight and Obesity
- COSI Round 6 2022-2023 Factsheet
- WHO: Ending Childhood Obesity
- WHO Factsheet: Severe-obesity among children aged 6-9years
- Healthy Ireland Survey 2018
- Growing up in Ireland (GUI): National Longitudinal Study of Children
- IUNA: National Food Consumption Surveys in Ireland
- Core Competencies in Adolescent Health and Development for Primary Care Providers
Support Services
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources
- Jigsaw
- Spunout
- Barnardos
- Central Remedial Clinic
- Enable Ireland
- Crosscare
- Don Bosco Care
- Irish Foster Care Association
- Cuidiu
- Cairde
- Pavee Point
- HSE: Community Cooking Programmes
- Safefood: Community Food Initiatives
- Slaintecare Healthy Communities
- Parenting courses
Additional Links
- ASOI: The Association for the Study of Obesity on the Island of Ireland
- EASO: European Association for the Study of Obesity
- ICPO: Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity
- ECPO: European Coalition for People Living with Obesity
- ECPO Obesity Image Bank
- World Obesity Image Bank
- The UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity–Media Gallery
- The LANDSCAPE Child and Adolescent Obesity Project
- RCSI MyHealth Podcast ‘Addressing Obesity Stigma and Bias to Strengthen Healthcare in Ireland’
- HSE, ASOI & ICPO Event 2021 ‘Overweight and Obesity Let’s Talk’
- HSE, ASOI & ICPO Event 2022 ‘Overweight and Obesity Let’s Talk’
