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Appendix A: Acronyms and Glossary
Pages 393-406

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... Department of Education DOT U.S. Department of Transportation EFNEP Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program 393
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... Locate Evidence, Evaluate Evidence, Assemble Evidence, Inform Decisions (framework) MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey MET metabolic equivalent of task mPINC Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care NASN National Association of School Nurses NASPE National Association for Sport and Physical Education NCCOR National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NCI National Cancer Institute NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHIS National Health Interview Survey NHWS National Health and Wellness Survey Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention 394
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... Preventive Services Task Force WHO World Health Organization WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children YMCA Young Men's Christian Association YRBS Youth Risk Behavior Survey YRBSS Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System 395 Appendix A
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... Away-from-home Foods categorized according to where they are obtained, such foods as restaurants and other places with wait service; fast-food establishments and self-service or carry-out eateries; schools, including day care, after-school programs, and summer camp; and other outlets, including vending machines, community feeding programs, and other people's homes. Basal metabolism The minimum amount of energy that an individual needs to maintain vital functions in a resting state.
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... Calorie-dense Foods and beverages that contribute few vitamins and minerals food to the diet but contain substantial amounts of fat and/or sugar and are high in calories. Consumption of these foods, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, candy, and chips may contribute to excess caloric intake and unwanted weight gain in children.
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... Community A social entity that can be spatial based on where people live in local neighborhoods, residential districts, or municipalities, or relational, as with people who have common ethnic or cul tural characteristics or share similar interests. Competitive Foods and beverages offered at schools other than meals and foods snacks served through the federally reimbursed school lunch, breakfast, and after-school snack programs.
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... Energy balance A state in which energy intake is equivalent to energy expen diture, resulting in no net weight gain or weight loss. In this report, energy balance is used to indicate equality between energy intake and energy expenditure that supports normal growth without promoting excess weight gain.
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... Food security Consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention 400
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... population at risk per year. Indicator of In the context of this report, an objective measure that can be progress used to assess the effect of, or association with, a given recom mendation in accelerating progress toward obesity prevention.
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... Compared with foods of high fat content, soda or soft drinks are not particularly energy dense because they are made up primarily of water and carbohydrate, but because they are otherwise low in nutrients, their energy density is high for their nutrient content. Nutrition Facts Standardized detailed nutritional information on the contents panel and serving sizes of nearly all packaged foods sold in the marketplace.
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... In this report, overweight in children and adolescents refers to age- and sex-specific BMIs at or above the 95th per centile of the CDC BMI growth charts. Physical activity Body movement produced by the contraction of skeletal mus cles that results in energy expenditure above the basal level.
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... Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention 404
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... The federal child nutrition programs include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Special Milk Program. Sector A distinct subset of a market, society, industry, or the economy in which the members share similar characteristics.
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... Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention 406


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