Childhood Obesity is the only peer-reviewed journal that delivers actionable, real-world obesity prevention and weight management strategies for children and adolescents. Health disparities and cultural sensitivities are addressed, and plans and protocols are recommended to effect change at the family, school, and community level. The Journal also reports on the problem of access to effective healthcare and delivers evidence-based solutions to overcome these barriers.
Childhood Obesity coverage includes:
Genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors causing obesity in children and adolescents
Prevention and management initiatives and interventions
Strategies to promote education and policy changes
The role of primary care healthcare providers
Long-term health risks for overweight children
Health disparities and lack of access to health care
Economic impact of childhood obesity
Research advances
Childhood Obesity is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Tom Baranowski, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Editor Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children & Harvard Medical School, and other leading investigators. 
Audience: Physicians; nurses; dietitians; diabetes specialists and educators; nutritionists; psychologists; health counselors; school administrators; community organizers; and federal, state, and local health experts and policymakers; among others

Editor-in-Chief
Tom Baranowski, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Editor
Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children & Harvard Medical School
Founding Editor
David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP
Yale University
Managing Editor
Janice C. Baranowski, MPH, RD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
jbaranowwork@sbcglobal.net
Features Editor
Jamie Devereaux
Editorial Board
Sally H. Adams, RN, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Keith-Thomas Ayoob, EdD, RD, FADA 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS  
Heidi M. Blanck, MS, PhD
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gail C. Christopher, DN
National Collaborative for Health Equity
Washington, DC 

Stephen Cook, MD, MPH
Golisano Children’s Hospital at the URMC
Rochester, NY

Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO  
Nefertiti Harmon Durant, MD, MPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
    School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL

Christina Economos, PhD
Tufts University
Boston, MA
John Foreyt, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Gary Foster, PhD
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
New York, NY

Ross A. Hammond, PhD
The Brookings Institution
Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP
Nemours
David Heber, MD, PhD
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
Wayne B. Jonas, MD
SHIFT, H&S Ventures
Alexandria, VA
Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, PhD, ABPP
Northwestern University Medical School
Nancy F. Krebs, MD
University of Colorado Denver Center for Human Nutrition
David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital, Boston
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN
The Ohio State University
Jennette P. Moreno, PhD   
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Tomoo Okada, MD
Nihon University
Tokyo, Japan

Grace O’Malley, MSc PT
The Children's University Hospital, Dublin
Russell R. Pate, PhD
University of South Carolina
Wendy D. Puriefoy, MBA
Senior Fellow for Education
Ford Foundation
Washington, DC
Goutham Rao, MD
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland
David B. Sarwer, PhD
College of Public Health at Temple University 
Melinda S. Sothern, PhD 
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Sachiko T. St. Jeor, PhD, RD
University of Nevada
Mary Story, PhD, RD
Duke University
Shikha S. Sundaram, MD, MSCI
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD
Environmental Nutrition Solutions
Elkhart, Iowa
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD  
Northwestern University
Christopher L. Wade, MD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

Margo G. Wootan, DSc
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Washington, DC
Meg H. Zeller, PhD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Jeffrey Zitsman, MD
Columbia University Medical Center