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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18334.
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ACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
ACHP Alliance for Community Health Plans
ACS American Community Survey
AHIP America’s Health Insurance Plans
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood
AMA American Medical Association
APOP Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation (2012 Institute of Medicine report)
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
BGCA Boys and Girls Club of America
BMI body mass index
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
BTG Bridging the Gap program
CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAS community assessment and surveillance
CATCH Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health program
CBPR community-based participatory research
CCAT Community Coalition Action Theory
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFBAI Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative
CLASS Classification of Laws Associated with School Students
COCOMO Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention
COGIS Childhood Obesity GIS (Community Cares)
CPTI Community Pediatrics Training Initiative
CPPW Communities Putting Prevention to Work
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18334.
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CSFII Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals
CTG Community Transformation Grant
CZCBP County Zip Code Business Patterns
DASH Division of Adolescent and School Health
DGA Dietary Guidelines for Americans
DGAC Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
DOE Department of Education
DOT Department of Transportation
DPAS WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
EFNEP Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
EHR electronic health record
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPODE Ensemble Prévenons l’Obésité Des Enfants
EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ERS Economic Research Service
FACES Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FLEJ Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice
FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
FNB Food and Nutrition Board
FQHC federally qualified health center
FSS Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey
FTC Federal Trade Commission
FY fiscal year
GAO Government Accountability Office (previously General Accounting Office)
GIS geographic information system
GMB group model building
GSA U.S. General Services Administration
HEALCP Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership
HEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HHFKA Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIA Health Impact Assessment
HIE health information exchange
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18334.
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HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
HIW Health Indicators Warehouse
HP2020 Healthy People 2020
HPI Health Policy Institute
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HWC Healthy Weight Commitment
IFPS-II Infant Feeding Practices Survey II
IOM Institute of Medicine
IWG Interagency Working Group
JCSEE Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
L.E.A.D. Locate, Evaluate, Assemble, Inform Decision
MCHB Maternal and Child Health Bureau
MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MMSA metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area
mPINC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care
NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials
NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NASBE National Association of State Boards of Education
NCCDPHP National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NCCOR National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research
NCCOR-R National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research Registry
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NGO nongovernmental organization
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHES National Household Education Surveys program
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NHTS National Household Travel Survey
NHWS National Health and Wellness Survey
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIS National Immunization Survey
NOPREN Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network
NPHIC National Public Health Information Coalition
NRA National Restaurant Association
NRC National Research Council
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18334.
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NRPA National Recreation and Park Association
NSCH National Survey of Children’s Health
NSLP National School Lunch Program
NYPANS National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey
OW Office of Water
PA physical activity
PAG Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
PE physical education
PedNSS Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System
PNSS Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
PPHEAL Partnership to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living
PRAMS Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
PRC Prevention Research Center
PSA public service announcement
PWSS Potable Water Surveillance System
QALY quality-adjusted life-year
RCT randomized controlled trial
REACH Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
ROI return on investment
RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System
SHPPS School Health Policies and Practices Study
SHRM Society for Human Resource Management
SIPD Survey of Income and Program Dynamics
SMART Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Areas Risk Trends
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNAP-Ed SNAP Education
SNDA School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study
SoFAS solid fats and added sugars
SPAN School Physical Activity and Nutrition
SRTS Safe Routes to School
SurvSAG Surveillance Science Advisory Group
TWOTN The Weight of the Nation campaign
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18334.
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WHO World Health Organization
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCLS Youth Media Campaign Longitudinal Survey
YRBS Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YRBSS Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
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Obesity poses one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, creating serious health, economic, and social consequences for individuals and society. Despite acceleration in efforts to characterize, comprehend, and act on this problem, including implementation of preventive interventions, further understanding is needed on the progress and effectiveness of these interventions.

Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts develops a concise and actionable plan for measuring the nation's progress in obesity prevention efforts—specifically, the success of policy and environmental strategies recommended in the 2012 IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. This book offers a framework that will provide guidance for systematic and routine planning, implementation, and evaluation of the advancement of obesity prevention efforts. This framework is for specific use with the goals and strategies from the 2012 report and can be used to assess the progress made in every community and throughout the country, with the ultimate goal of reducing the obesity epidemic. It offers potentially valuable guidance in improving the quality and effect of the actions being implemented.

The recommendations of Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts focus on efforts to increase the likelihood that actions taken to prevent obesity will be evaluated, that their progress in accelerating the prevention of obesity will be monitored, and that the most promising practices will be widely disseminated.

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