Childhood Obesity
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The effects of obesity on children's physical health are well documented, however the social consequences of obesity are less well described and may not be addressed in intervention programs.
Childhood Obesity
More than two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in America are obese or at risk for obesity. To reverse this epidemic, we must identify the policy and environmental changes that lead to increased physical activity and better nutrition. We also must support the advocacy that will result in widespread adoption of those policies.
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A Question of Competing Rights, Priorities, and Principles
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Ethical arguments related to childhood obesity policies raised during the 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) symposium sharpen our awareness of complex and fundamental questions about the functions of society and how policies are defined and implemented to benefit different entities.
Overhauling a Tribal Food System
April 11, 2012 | Program Result
The Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative in rural Oklahoma brings together tribal decisionmakers, health experts and farmers to help overhaul the local food system, address obesity among native people and reconnect with traditional tribal practices.
Padres Unidos Advocates for Recess Before Lunch
April 11, 2012 | Program Result
The Healthy Students, Healthy Minds project of Padres Unidos is working with Denver school board officials to implement a recess-before-lunch policy in all public schools, a schedule that gets kids to eat better and reduces discipline problems.
Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places in Communities of Color
April 11, 2012 | Program Result
Communities Creating Healthy Environments aims to curb childhood obesity in communities of color by using community organizing for social justice to advocate for policy changes color. Read this report on its progress.
The Global Obesity Pandemic
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? This first in a series of Lancet articles on global obesity describes the epidemic, its rise concurrently across the globe, and wide variations in prev ...
Health and Economic Burden of the Projected Obesity Trends in the USA and the UK
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? Using nationally representative surveys to trend adult obesity prevalence in the United States and the United Kingdom over the next 20 years, these re ...
Quantification of the Effect of Energy Imbalance on Bodyweight
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? A fundamental principal of nutrition stipulates that bodyweight changes occur when there is an imbalance between the energy content of food consumed a ...
Changing the Future of Obesity
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? Obesity has been increasing worldwide over the past 30 years in all segments of society and in countries rich and poor. Changes in the global food syst ...
Reversing the Tide of Obesity
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Building the library of practice-based evidence to reverse the reverse the obesity trend.