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8 Closing Remarks
Pages 75-78

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... Standish urged the field to grapple with this dichotomy to achieve the ultimate outcomes of improved health and a reduction in obesity rates. A MOvEMENT vERSuS DISCRETE POLICIES AND PROgRAMS Standish suggested that health policy must occur "in all places." The development of comprehensive frameworks for community efforts to create healthy environments is under way, but the need persists to educate, convince, and inform actors and decision makers in other sectors that health and health policy are their allies in changing the shape of community environments for the better.
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From page 76...
... Workshop presenters demonstrated the impact of maps and other ways of packaging and summarizing research results in the policy process. CORE DATA Standish voiced a fundamental question raised during the workshop: whether there is a body of data that can be consistently collected across communities to tell the story to policy makers with the necessary impact.
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... As Solomon closed the workshop, he reminded the group that community knowledge and experience in obesity prevention are important sources of evidence for creating change now and in the future.
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