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Appendix E Compilation of Recommendations and Implementation Actions
Appendix E Compilation of Recommendations and Implementation Actions
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E Compilation of Recommendations and Implementation Actions Recommendation 1: Government, industry, communities, schools, and families should demonstrate leadership and commitment by mobilizing the resources required to identify, implement, evaluate, and disseminate effective policies and interventions that support childhood obesity prevention goals. Implementation Actions for Government Federal, state, and local governments should each establish a high level task force to identify priorities for action, coordinate public sector efforts, and establish effective interdepartmental collaborations.
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• Local government agencies should convene community- or regional-level task forces to provide coordinated leadership in preventing childhood obesity by increasing resources, col laborating with community stakeholders, and developing or strengthening policies and programs that promote opportuni ties for physical activity and healthful eating in communities and neighborhoods. Implementation Actions for Industry Industry should use the full range of available resources and tools to create, support, and sustain consumer demand for products and opportunities that support healthy lifestyles including healthful diets and regular physical activity.
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Parents can also serve as advo cates to promote changes that encourage and support healthy behaviors in their local schools and communities. Recommendation 2: Policy makers, program planners, program imple menters, and other interested stakeholders -- within and across relevant sec tors -- should evaluate all childhood obesity prevention efforts, strengthen
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Implementation Actions for Industry Industry should partner with government, academic institutions, and other interested stakeholders to undertake evaluations to assess its progress in preventing childhood obesity and promoting healthy lifestyles. To accomplish this, • Industry should evaluate its progress in developing and pro moting affordable foods, beverages, and meals that support a healthful diet; physical activity products and opportunities;
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Implementation Actions for Communities Community stakeholders should strengthen evaluation efforts at the local level by partnering with government agencies, foundations, and academic institutions to develop, implement, and support evalu ation opportunities and community-academic partnerships. To accomplish this, Federal and state agencies, foundations, academic institutions, community-based nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, youth-related organizations, local governments, and other rel evant community stakeholders should • Increase funding and technical assistance to conduct evaluations of childhood obesity prevention policies and interventions, • Develop and widely disseminate effective evaluation training opportunities, and • Develop and support community-academic partnerships.
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To accomplish this, • Families should regularly assess their progress in adopting and maintaining healthy behaviors at home and achieving positive lifestyle changes. Recommendation 3: Government, industry, communities, and schools should expand or develop relevant surveillance and monitoring systems and, as applicable, should engage in research to examine the impact of childhood obesity prevention policies, interventions, and actions on relevant outcomes, paying particular attention to the unique needs of diverse groups and high-risk populations.
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The collaborative work should examine the quality of the data, consider reducing the cost to make the data more accessible, and establish priorities for applying the information to pro mote healthful diets.
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To accomplish this, Federal and state agencies, foundations, academic institutions, community-based nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, youth-related organizations, local governments, and other rel evant community stakeholders should • Expand the surveillance of outcomes of community-level ac tivities and changes to the built environment as they relate to childhood obesity prevention; • Facilitate the collection, analysis, and interpretation of local data and information; • Develop, refine, and disseminate community assessment tools, such as a community health index; • Develop methods for the rapid evaluation of natural experi ments; • Explore the use of spatial mapping technologies to assist com munities with their assessment needs and to help communities make changes that increase access to opportunities for healthy lifestyles; and • Encourage the evaluation of interventions to examine both the risk and protective factors related to obesity. Implementation Actions for Schools Schools and school districts should conduct self-assessments to en hance and sustain a healthy school environment, and mechanisms for examining links between changes in the school environment and behavioral and health outcomes should be explored.
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To accomplish this, • Parents and caregivers should monitor their families' lifestyle changes on an ongoing basis, including their capabilities as role models, the family's dietary intake and levels of physical activity, and their children's weight status. • Parents should work with their child's physician to track body mass indices and healthy growth.
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• The federal government should provide a sustained commit ment and long-term investment to adequately support and dis seminate childhood obesity prevention interventions that are proven to be effective -- such as the VERB™ campaign. Fur ther, the federal government should provide sustained support for surveillance systems that are vital to the monitoring of trends and progress in response to the childhood obesity epidemic.
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Implementation Actions for Communities Community stakeholders should partner with foundations, govern ment agencies, faith-based organizations, and youth-related organi zations to publish and widely disseminate the evaluation results of community-based childhood obesity prevention efforts. To accomplish this, • Community stakeholders should publish evaluation results us ing diverse communication channels and media; and develop incentives to encourage the use of promising practices.
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423 APPENDIX E specific practical guidance related to promising family-based obesity prevention interventions such as approaches for reduc ing children's television viewing, promoting leisure-time physi cal activity, and promoting healthier food and beverage choices at home. • Parents, children, and youth should share information about promising obesity-prevention strategies and activities with other families through parenting groups and school meetings and in family, social, faith-based, and other venues.
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