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.
Obesity/Childhood Obesity
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Obesity and Health Risk of Children in the Mississippi Delta
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Elementary school-age children in the Mississippi Delta have a troubling distinction: a large percentage of them are overweight or obese, based on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratios. Assessing the impact of health policies, this study suggests, requires consistent measures of multiple weight-related outcomes, including BMI and waist-to-height ratio.
Padres Unidos Advocates for Recess Before Lunch
April 11, 2012 | Program Result Report
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 Report
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.
Adults' Sedentary Behavior
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A conceptual approach to understanding the factors that influence adults? sitting time?and how to influence behavior change.
Healthy Eating is a Community Event in Guam
November 22, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
Targeting Overweight Kids and Their Parents in Vineland, N.J.
November 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
South Jersey Healthcare implemented Success Through Exercise, Physical Fitness and Sharing Information for Kids, a 12-week course that helps overweight children and their parents in low-income and minority communities combat obesity.
Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youths
May 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Fact sheets detail the issues with African-American, Latino, American Indian and Native Alaska youths.
Parsippany, New Jersey, is Healthy, Seriously!
April 1, 2010 | Story
Parsippany residents are discovering where health and community intersect as they come together to achieve health-related goals.
Changes in School Environments with Implementation of Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study presents a five-year evaluation of Arkansas Legislative Act 1220, legislation that: required schools to measure student body-mass index and report BMI to parents, restricted access to vending machines, and created state and local health advisory committees.
Evaluating Programs to Get Sedentary Women to Increase Their Physical Activity Levels
June 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., evaluated the extent to which Choose To Move and Jump Start, two print-based self-help interventions, increased physical activity among sedentary women.