Description: Obesity has become an epidemic among children and adolescents in the United States. Fully 17 percent of all children aged 6-11 and 17.6 percent of adolescents aged 12-19 are obese (CDC, 2006). Obesity increases the risk for diabetes, hypertension, and ... Read More
Obesity has become an epidemic among children and adolescents in the United States. Fully 17 percent of all children aged 6-11 and 17.6 percent of adolescents aged 12-19 are obese (CDC, 2006). Obesity increases the risk for diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic health problems and decreases quality of life. Growing public awareness of the magnitude and adverse health consequences of childhood obesity has led to an array of efforts aimed at increasing physical activity and promoting healthful eating. These efforts vary in scope and scale. At the local level, communities are struggling to determine which obesity prevention programs to initiate and how to evaluate their impact. The Institute of Medicine conducted a workshop in June 2008 about community perspectives on childhood obesity prevention. This workshop featured site-leaders and evaluators representing different locally-based childhood obesity prevention programs. This book documents their discussion about the challenges and promising approaches for evaluating and acting on complex policy and programmatic interventions to prevent obesity and its health consequences.
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