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May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Rural youth are at greater risk for obesity than children in urban areas. This report applies active living concepts, which emphasize the interaction of environmental factors with individual behaviors, to a study of physical activity (PA) among rural youth.
February 25, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This poll provides new insights into the epidemic of childhood obesity and the challenges families face between school and sleep.
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids, a national network of local physician-led, hospital-based programs in Level I pediatric trauma centers, conducts interventions to prevent childhood injuries through education and environmental change.
December 1, 2008 | Story
National initiative will help communities make changes aimed at preventing obesity.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A healthy food system is one in which everyone has daily access to a diet that allows for a full life, that does not deplete natural resources and allows for a sustainable livelihood by those involved with all aspects of food production. The author suggests seven principles that could be used in moving the United States toward a markedly improved food system.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Food policies created in the mid 20th century to deal with undersupply are ill suited to address today's challenges of over, under and mal-consumption and the gross inequalities that exist within and between nations. The ecological public health approach proposed in this article could help provide vision for 21st century policy on food systems.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Economies of size exist in production agriculture but these economies are dissipated much sooner than is realized. The emphasis on economies of size has also produced many undesirable consequences, which threaten both health and food security.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines papers presented at a conference in April 2009 that focused on food systems and public health. By analyzing statements in these papers by theme and intervention level, the authors provide a profile of the level and type of problems being discussed.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article provides an overview of the Airlie Conference on the linkages between the food system and public health. The conference focused on how to create communities by making the food system more healthy, fair, affordable and environmentally sustainable.
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The Society of Behavioral Medicine identified childhood obesity as a special focus of its 2007 annual meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting and its activities had a general goal of identifying the causes of obesity from a social and ecological perspective.