Richtlijn ‘Overgewicht’ voor de jeugdgezondheidszorg

Conflict of interest: none declared. Financial support: The development of the guideline was supported by a subsidy provided by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (project number 80-82435-98-002).

• The ‘5th National Growth Study’ indicates that the percentage of overweight children in the Netherlands has risen from 9-12% in 1997 to 13-15% in 2009.

• Child Health Care is a unique setting for promotion of development, growth and behaviour of children, in which tailored prevention can be offered.

• Detection of overweight in children and intervention by Child Health Care takes place in a multidisciplinary setting linking general practitioners, paediatricians, dieticians, teachers, physiotherapists, pedagogues and psychologists.

• For overweight children, a change plan is created based on exercise, playing outside, having breakfast every day, as little as possible sweetened beverages and fast-food, and less time spent in front of the television or computer, with fewer energy-rich snacks.

• As recommended in the Dutch CBO guideline ‘Obesity’, obese children are referred to a general practitioner or paediatrician.