TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine A2 - Lynn Parker A2 - Emily Ann Miller A2 - Elena Ovaitt A2 - Stephen Olson TI - Alliances for Obesity Prevention: Finding Common Ground: Workshop Summary SN - DO - 10.17226/13305 PY - 2012 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13305/alliances-for-obesity-prevention-finding-common-ground-workshop-summary PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Food and Nutrition KW - Health and Medicine AB - Many organizations are making focused efforts to prevent obesity. To achieve their goals, accelerate their progress, and sustain their success, the assistance of many other individuals and groups--not all of them with a singular focus on obesity prevention--will be essential. In October 2011 the Institute of Medicine held a workshop that provided an opportunity for obesity prevention groups to hear from and hold discussions with many of these potential allies in obesity prevention. They explored common ground for joint activities and mutual successes and lessons learned from efforts at aligning diverse groups with goals in common. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Steve Olson TI - Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment: Proceedings of a Workshop SN - DO - 10.17226/24734 PY - 2017 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24734/driving-action-and-progress-on-obesity-prevention-and-treatment-proceedings PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Food and Nutrition AB - After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.S. adults and children, the rate recently has dropped among some populations, particularly young children. What are the factors responsible for these changes? How can promising trends be accelerated? What else needs to be known to end the epidemic of obesity in the United States? To examine these and other pressing questions, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, held a workshop in September 2016. The workshop brought together leaders from business, early care and education, government, health care, and philanthropy to discuss the most promising approaches for the future of obesity prevention and treatment. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. ER -