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<DIV><DIV><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews</i></b> is the official publication of the AAP Section on Adolescent Health. Published 3 times per year, the journal offers adolescent medicine specialists and other primary care physicians who treat adolescent patients with state of the art information on all matters relating to adolescent health and wellness.</p><p class="MsoNormal">This volume of articles focuses on nutrition, eating, and physical activity issues and concerns of adolescents and offers strategies for improving the nutritional health of young people, increasing physical activity, and preventing and treating weight-related disorders.<BR><BR>In this issue, <b>Nutrition and Physical Activity</b>, topics include:</p><ul> <li>The  Intersection of Adolescent Development with Eating Behaviors and Physical Activity</li> <li>Familial Influences on Adolescent's Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors</li> <li>Determinants of Undernutrition and Overnutrition among Adolescents in Developing Countries</li> <li>The Truth about Vitamin D and Adolescent Skeletal Health</li> <li>Improving the Diets and Eating Patterns of Children and Adolescents: How Can Nutrition Education Help?</li> <li>Promoting Youth Physical Activity through Physical Education Programs and After-School Programs</li> <li>Media Use and Sedentary Behavior in Adolescents: What Do We Know, What Has Been Done, and Where Do We Go?</li> <li>Integrating Messages from the Eating Disorders Field into Obesity Prevention</li> <li>Interventions for Treating Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents</li> <li>Emerging Adulthood: A Critical Age for Preventing Excess Weight Gain?</li> <li>Environmental and Policy Strategies to Improve Eating, Physical Activity Behaviors, and Weight among Adolescents</li> <li>Advances in Methodologies for Assessing Dietary Intake and Physical Activity among Adolescents</li></ul></div></div>
