Cross-sector responses to obesity : models for change : workshop summary /

Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national health care spending. Until the obesity epidemic is reversed, obesity will continue to drive rates o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olson, Steve, 1956- (rapporteur.)
Autor Corporativo: Cross-Sector Work on Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Weight Maintenance : Models for Change (Workshop)
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2015]
Temas:
Obesity > United States > Prevention > Congresses.
Medical policy > United States > Congresses.
Obesity > prevention & control
Community Health Planning
Models, Organizational
Organizational Case Studies
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis > Congrès.
Services communautaires de santé > Planification.
Medical policy
Obesity > Prevention
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Health Equity
  • Sustainability
  • Leadership
  • Measurement
  • The National Prevention Council: Bringing Federal Agencies Together to Build Health and Resilience in Americans
  • A Statewide Strategy in the Battle Against Child Obesity in Delaware
  • PLACE MATTERS: Building People Power to Tackle Fundamental Causes of Obesity in Cook County, Illinois
  • PowerUp: Mobilizing Against Obesity in St. Croix Valley, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
  • Community Transformation in the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B: National Prevention Council Cross-Sector Case Study
  • Appendix C: Delaware Cross-Sector Case Study
  • Appendix D: Cook County PLACE MATTERS Case Study
  • Appendix E: PowerUp in the St. Croix Valley (MN/WI) Case Study
  • Appendix F: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cross-Sector Case Study
  • Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Appendix H: Speaker Biographical Sketches.

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