The Traffic Light Diet Can Lower Risk for Obesity and Diabetes

Body mass index (BMI) gender-appropriate graphs for children can be downloaded from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts .

All books mentioned in this article can be purchased from Amazon (http://www.Amazon.com).

The Weight-control Information Network provides the general public and health care professionals with information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and nutrition (http://www.win.niddk.nih.gov/, http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/downloads/go-slowwhoa.pdf).

An update on type 2 diabetes from the National Diabetes Education Program. (2004). Pediatrics, 114, 239-263.

Collins C. E. Warren J. Neve M. McCoy P. Stokes B. J. (2006). Measuring effectiveness of dietetic interventions in child obesity. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160, 906-922.

Dolgoff J. (2009). Red light, green light, eat right: The food solution that lets kids be kids. New York, NY: Rodale Books.

Epstein L. H. Paluch R. A. Gordy C. C. Dorn J. (2000). Decreasing sedentary behaviors in treating pediatric obesity. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 154, 220-226.

Epstein L. H. Squires S. (1988). The stoplight diet for children: An eight-week program for parents and children. New York, NY: Little, Brown.

Ogden C. L. Carroll M. D. Curtin L. R. McDowell M. A. Tabak C. J. Flegal K. M. (2006). Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 295, 1549-1555.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Choosing foods for your family: GO, SLOW, and WHOA foods. Chart available at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/downloads/go-slow-whoa.pdf

Willis J. (2004). The traffic light diet. London: Orion.