If you’d like to learn more about childhood obesity, take a look at the following links:

The World Obesity Federation

• The World Obesity Federation’s obesity atlas is an interactive tool showing the prevalence of obesity in different countries, regions and among different demographics, including age groups
• The World Obesity Federation’s page on childhood obesity
• The World Obesity Federation’s Specialist Certification of Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE), the only internationally-recognised certification in obesity management, has a series of free e-learning modules

The World Health Organisation

• Reports and fact sheets on preventing childhood obesity
• EU Action plan on childhood obesity 2014-2020
• NCD Action Plan 2013-2020
• NCD Action Plan 2008-2013
• Global Status on NCDs report
• Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
• Global Recommendations on Physical Acitvity
• Recommendations on Marketing Food to Children
• Population-based Strategies for Preventing Childhood Obesity
• Preventing NCDs in the Workplace
• Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Disease
• Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Epidemic

Other external resources

General resources

• The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on childhood obesity
• The Canadian Childhood Obesity Foundation
• The British National Health Service page on obesity
• Mapping and zooming in on childhood obesity (report from the European Commission)
• Safefood factsheet and infographic on childhood obesity on the island of Ireland (the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
• How school lunch programs support children's health, even from a distance (Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA) 

Resources regarding clinical guidance

• NICE guidance on weight management for adults
• NICE guidance on weight management for children
• Australian guidance for the management of obese patients
• NICE guidance on weight management during pregnancy
• Institute of Medicine guidelines on pregnancy and obesity
• Training for US-based health workers in cardiovascular treatment and related conditions

Policy-related reports and resources

• World Cancer Research Fund International report on 'obesity and the law'
• World Cancer Research Fund International NOURISHING policy framework for reducing obesity and diet-NCDs
• Institute of Medicine report on evaluating obesity
• UKHF report on the use of food taxes

Image banks

• The World Obesity Federation’s image bank
• IFB Adiposity Diseases
• UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Media Gallery
• Obesity Canada Image Bank
• Obesity Action Coalition Image Gallery

Please note that these are external links; the STOP project accepts no responsibility for the content of these sites.