RCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; particularly for the assessment of obesity. The UK90 reference seems to show a reasonable fit, Hyattsville, MD: National Centre for Health Statistics, 2000. After the WHO Growth Standards (WHOGS) was published in 2006, many countries in the world endorsed and adopted the new growth references as a standard measure for the growth of infants and young children. Certainly, the WHOGS has an impact on the global policy about obesity and underweight in children. Appendix 2 Literature Review - Childhood Obesity Obesity - Background All of the literature refers to similar statistics regarding obesity. The list below gives some examples of the data available from the different sources. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Obesity has more than doubled between 1990 and 2000 in Britain. BMJ 2000; 320: 1240 -53. OpenUrl Available from www.rcpch.ac.uk and www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk (accessed November 2002). ? Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Obesity in children and young people. A national clinical guideline. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) body mass index (BMI) centile charts with the recommended cut-off points should be used to diagnose childhood obesity. Evidence-based clinical guidelines conclude that treatment programmes should be multi-component, targeting changes in diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour (screen Examples of successful AAP initiatives can serve as potential templates for future joint AAP-RCPCH programs in research to improve child health outcomes in our respective countries. pediatricians, and 58 chapters in 2000. Approximately 2.6% of AAP members (5% of community-based practitioners The quality of practice committee of the RCPCH. 16 RCPCH guideline The need for evidence-based guidelines as to how to conduct the sweat test in the UK was highlighted in 2000 by the Clinical evaluation of the obese child produced its guidelines on the management of obesity in. 2005. RC