%0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-49106-8 %D 2019 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25409/a-health-equity-approach-to-obesity-efforts-proceedings-of-a %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25409/a-health-equity-approach-to-obesity-efforts-proceedings-of-a %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %K Food and Nutrition %P 122 %X The obesity crisis in the United States disproportionately affects some demographic groups more than others. Contextual influences on obesity are complex and include an individual's weight-related behaviors and outcomes, the intermediate variables that influence these behaviors and outcomes, and broader, upstream historical, social, economic, physical, and policy contexts. The National Academies convened a workshop on April 1, 2019 to explore the history of health equity issues in demographic groups that have above-average obesity risk and to consider principles and approaches to address these issues as part of obesity prevention and treatment efforts. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Breiner, Heather %E Parker, Lynn %E Olson, Steve %T Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-29473-7 %D 2013 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18553/creating-equal-opportunities-for-a-healthy-weight-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18553/creating-equal-opportunities-for-a-healthy-weight-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 132 %X Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine income, race, and ethnicity, and how these factors intersect with childhood obesity and its prevention. Registered participants, along with viewers of a simultaneous webcast of the workshop, heard a series of presentations by researchers, policy makers, advocates, and other stakeholders focused on health disparities associated with income, race, ethnicity, and other characteristics and on how these factors intersect with obesity and its prevention. The workshop featured invited presentations and discussions concerning physical activity, healthy food access, food marketing and messaging, and the roles of employers, health care professionals, and schools. The IOM 2012 report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention acknowledged that a variety of characteristics linked historically to social exclusion or discrimination, including race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, age, mental health, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, geographic location, and immigrant status, can thereby affect opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating, health care, work, and education. In many parts of the United States, certain racial and ethnic groups and low-income individuals and families live, learn, work, and play in places that lack health-promoting resources such as parks, recreational facilities, high-quality grocery stores, and walkable streets. These same neighborhoods may have characteristics such as heavy traffic or other unsafe conditions that discourage people from walking or being physically active outdoors. The combination of unhealthy social and environmental risk factors, including limited access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity, can contribute to increased levels of chronic stress among community members, which have been linked to increased levels of sedentary activity and increased calorie consumption. Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight focuses on the key obesity prevention goals and recommendations outlined in Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention through the lens of health equity. This report explores critical aspects of obesity prevention, while discussing potential future research, policy, and action that could lead to equity in opportunities to achieve a healthy weight. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Olson, Steve %T Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity: Models for Change: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-37105-6 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21706/cross-sector-responses-to-obesity-models-for-change-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21706/cross-sector-responses-to-obesity-models-for-change-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %K Health and Medicine %P 156 %X 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 of chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity is a summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Obesity Solutions in September 2014 to explore models of cross-sector work that may reduce the prevalence and consequences of obesity. This report identifies case studies of cross-sector initiatives that engage partners from diverse fields, and lessons learned from and barriers to established cross-sector initiatives. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress %@ 978-0-309-28527-8 %D 2013 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18334/evaluating-obesity-prevention-efforts-a-plan-for-measuring-progress %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18334/evaluating-obesity-prevention-efforts-a-plan-for-measuring-progress %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %K Health and Medicine %P 462 %X 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. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Olson, Steve %E Sim, Leslie %E Ziegenhorn, Sarah %T Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity: Models for Change: Workshop in Brief %D 2014 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21686/cross-sector-responses-to-obesity-models-for-change-workshop-in %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21686/cross-sector-responses-to-obesity-models-for-change-workshop-in %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 8 %X On September 30, 2014, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a 1-day workshop titled "Cross-Sector Work on Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Weight Maintenance: Models for Change." The workshop was designed to explore models of cross-sector work that may reduce the prevalence and consequences of obesity, discuss lessons learned from case studies of cross-sector initiatives, and spur future cross-sector collaboration. This brief summary of the workshop highlights the salient points that emerged from the presentations and discussions at the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T 2019 Year in Review: Roundtable on Obesity Solutions %D 2020 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26869/2019-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26869/2019-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 2 %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Addressing Structural Racism, Bias, and Health Communication as Foundational Drivers of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop Series %@ 978-0-309-27599-6 %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26437/addressing-structural-racism-bias-and-health-communication-as-foundational-drivers-of-obesity %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26437/addressing-structural-racism-bias-and-health-communication-as-foundational-drivers-of-obesity %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 196 %X The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions convened a three-part workshop series that explored how structural racism, weight bias and stigma, and health communication intersect with obesity, gaps in the evidence base, and challenges and opportunities for long-term, systems-wide strategies needed to reduce the incidence and prevalence of obesity. Through diverse examples across different levels and sectors of society, the workshops explored how to leverage the connections between these three drivers and innovative data-driven and policy approaches to inform actionable priorities for individuals, organizations, and policymakers to make lasting systems change. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Engaging Communities in Addressing Structural Drivers of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26787/engaging-communities-in-addressing-structural-drivers-of-obesity-proceedings-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26787/engaging-communities-in-addressing-structural-drivers-of-obesity-proceedings-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 10 %X Obesity is a complex disease with multiple causes and contributors that should be targeted in interventions. The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a series of workshops on how to bridge evidence gaps within foundational drivers of obesity and translate knowledge towards actionable solutions. The second workshop in this series, Engaging Communities in Addressing Structural Drivers of Obesity, focused on community engagement in obesity solutions. It explored barriers and opportunities for community engagement and highlighted examples of community initiatives that emphasize the intersection of obesity with structural racism, bias and stigma, and health communication to address needs identified by communities and foster changes to support health and wellness. This Proceedings of a Workshop-In Brief summarizes the discussions held during the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T 2015 Year in Review: Roundtable on Obesity Solutions %D 2016 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26865/2015-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26865/2015-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 2 %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T 2016 Year in Review: Roundtable on Obesity Solutions %D 2017 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26866/2016-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26866/2016-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 2 %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T 2017 Year in Review: Roundtable on Obesity Solutions %D 2018 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26867/2017-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26867/2017-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 2 %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T 2021 Year in Review: Roundtable on Obesity Solutions %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26871/2021-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26871/2021-year-in-review-roundtable-on-obesity-solutions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 2 %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %E Soltani, Hoda %T Assessing Intake of Food and Dietary Supplements in Older Adults: Proceedings of a Workshop Series %@ 978-0-309-69561-9 %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26771/assessing-intake-of-food-and-dietary-supplements-in-older-adults %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26771/assessing-intake-of-food-and-dietary-supplements-in-older-adults %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 114 %X Dietary assessment in older adults presents many unique problems due to the diversity of health states and capabilities that span the population group. Little is known about dietary intakes, body composition, and nutritional status among individuals 75 and older. The National Academies Food and Nutrition Board hosted a virtual workshop series in spring 2022 intended to provide guidance to researchers and clinicians. The workshops aimed to outline considerations relating to different methods of assessing intakes of food and dietary supplements in older adults. The covered topics included current status of dietary and nutrition assessment of older adults and advances and key issues in this topic; nutritional screening of older adults; and nutritional practices, challenges, and policies that affect older adults. This Proceedings highlights presentations and discussions from the workshops. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Leveraging Health Communication, Data, and Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26341/leveraging-health-communication-data-and-innovative-approaches-for-sustainable-systems-wide-changes-to-reduce-the-prevalence-of-obesity %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26341/leveraging-health-communication-data-and-innovative-approaches-for-sustainable-systems-wide-changes-to-reduce-the-prevalence-of-obesity %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 7 %X The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual public workshop, Leveraging Health Communication, Data, and Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity, on June 22, 2021. The workshop, the second in a series of three workshops to examine foundational drivers of obesity and sustainable systems-wide changes to reduce the prevalence of obesity, explored strategies for leveraging health communication and data-informed, innovative approaches. Participants in the workshop discussed how health communication might enhance the understanding and the use of current modeling and data-driven efforts to advance obesity solutions; they also explored innovative data and policy approaches for obesity solutions. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred at the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Exploring Strategies for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26260/exploring-strategies-for-sustainable-systems-wide-changes-to-reduce-the-prevalence-of-obesity %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26260/exploring-strategies-for-sustainable-systems-wide-changes-to-reduce-the-prevalence-of-obesity %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 8 %X The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual public workshop, Exploring Strategies for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity, on April 8, 2021. The workshop, the first in a series of three workshops to explore this broad topic, provided a foundational introductory session for the series that covered the intersection of biased mental models, stigma, weight bias, structural racism, and effective health communications with obesity solutions. Additional sessions discussed the intersection of structural racism and obesity in the context of housing and education and the intersection of biased mental models, stigma, weight bias, and obesity in the context of workplace and health care settings. This publication summarizes highlights of the presentations and discussions that occurred at the first workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Olson, Steve %T Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-47459-7 %D 2018 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25074/advancing-obesity-solutions-through-investments-in-the-built-environment-proceedings %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25074/advancing-obesity-solutions-through-investments-in-the-built-environment-proceedings %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 100 %X The built environment—the physical world made up of the homes, buildings, streets, and infrastructure within which people live, work, and play—underwent changes during the 20th and 21st centuries that contributed to a sharp decline in physical activity and affected access to healthy foods. Those developments contributed in turn to the weight gain observed among Americans in recent decades. Many believe, therefore, that policies and practices that affect the built environment could affect obesity rates in the United States and improve the health of Americans. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop in September 2017 to improve understanding of the roles played by the built environment in the prevention and treatment of obesity and to identify promising strategies in multiple sectors that can be scaled up to create more healthful and equitable environments. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Integrating Systems and Sectors Toward Obesity Solutions: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-67620-5 %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25766/integrating-systems-and-sectors-toward-obesity-solutions-proceedings-of-a %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25766/integrating-systems-and-sectors-toward-obesity-solutions-proceedings-of-a %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 120 %X A virtual workshop titled Integrating Systems and Sectors Toward Obesity Solutions, held April 6, 2020 (Part I), and June 30, 2020 (Part II), was convened by the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The workshop introduced the concept of complex systems and the field of systems science, and explored systems science approaches to obesity solutions. Speakers provided an overview of systems science theories, approaches, and applications, highlighting examples from within and outside the obesity field. Presentations and discussions examined complex systems in society that have the potential to shape public health and well-being, and considered opportunities for systems change as they relate to obesity solutions. Specifically, the workshop explored factors that can influence obesity - such as (in)equity, relationships, connections, networks, capacity, power dynamics, social determinants, and political will - and how these factors can impact communications and cross-sector collaboration to address obesity. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Translating Knowledge of Foundational Drivers of Obesity into Practice: Proceedings of a Workshop Series %@ 978-0-309-70203-4 %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26942/translating-knowledge-of-foundational-drivers-of-obesity-into-practice-proceedings %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26942/translating-knowledge-of-foundational-drivers-of-obesity-into-practice-proceedings %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 200 %X The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted an April, July, and October, 2022 workshop series to explore the gaps in knowledge within the foundational drivers of obesity. Facilitating action will require improved health communication, deconstructing structural racism, and recognizing the biased mental models and social norms at odds with obesity solutions. Speakers discussed future research in evidence-based solutions and potential ways to translate current evidence into practice. This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the discussions held during the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Berhaupt, Amanda %T Exploring the Science on Measures of Body Composition, Body Fat Distribution, and Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop Series %@ 978-0-309-71517-1 %D 2024 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27461/exploring-the-science-on-measures-of-body-composition-body-fat-distribution-and-obesity %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27461/exploring-the-science-on-measures-of-body-composition-body-fat-distribution-and-obesity %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 142 %X The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a public workshop series in April and June 2023 that explored the current science on measures of body composition and body fat distribution. Discussions focused on the strengths and limitations, and clinical and anthropological perspectives of body mass index (BMI) as a measure of adiposity and health. Presentations also shed light on the connection between misinformation and bias and stigma, as well as challenged current communication strategies to improve messaging about obesity. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Callahan, Emily A. %T Defining Progress in Obesity Solutions Through Structural Changes: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26895/defining-progress-in-obesity-solutions-through-structural-changes-proceedings-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26895/defining-progress-in-obesity-solutions-through-structural-changes-proceedings-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 11 %X The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual public workshop, Defining Progress in Obesity Solutions through Structural Changes, on October 25, 2022. The workshop focused on methods to assess progress in addressing structural drivers of obesity. Presentations explored innovative approaches and performance indicators that could be used to gauge progress in obesity solutions as well as strategies to hold leaders and decision makers accountable. Workshop sessions covered topics such as the science, strengths, and limitations of body mass index (BMI), and a review of structural drivers of obesity in a variety of systems - political and economic, environmental, health care, and sociocultural - along with current approaches used to measure progress in those systems. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.