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... In addition, they laid out actionable opportunities for the roundtable to consider as it examines future obesity solutions. This brief summary of the workshop highlights the overarching themes that emerged from the presentations and discussions at the workshop.
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... About 50 percent of African American women are obese, compared with 40 percent of Hispanic women and 30 percent of Caucasian women. African American boys continue to gain weight while the remainder of boys have plateaued.
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... Recognizing shared goals would enable parents and providers to work together rather than at cross purposes, creating a strong shared voice for children and cutting through barriers that have previously impeded opportunities to achieve healthy outcomes. Dianne Ward of the University of North Carolina suggested regular monitoring of nutrition and physical activity policies and practices and the licensing of early care and education settings in all states, with support and coordination provided by the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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... As an example of comprehensive and coordinated strategies, Cheryl Bartlett, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, outlined a statewide effort to use body mass index screening for students, school nutrition regulations, public information campaigns, municipal wellness grants, farmers' market programs, safe sidewalks and lighting, and a wide range of other steps to reduce the prevalence of obesity and improve the health of state residents. And, in California, observed Marion Standish of The California Endowment, policies that are scalable and enforceable and promote community engagement are building momentum to change the course of the epidemic.
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... In addition, greater collaboration and strategic funding among federal agencies can leverage available resources to change the community environments that shape nutrition and physical activity. Business and Industry Through initiatives such as the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation and the Partnership for a Healthier America, food and beverage companies have been removing calories from the marketplace, selling fewer calories, and reducing the amount of calories Americans consume.
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... Almeida Shellie Pfohl This workshop was partially supported by Academy of Nutrition and Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI President's Council on Fitness, Sports, Dietetics; Alliance for a Healthier Generation; American Academy for & Nutrition, Rockville, MD Pediatrics; American College of Sports Medicine; American Council Leon Andrews National League of Cities, Barbara Picower on Exercise; American Heart Association; American Society for Washington, DC The JPB Foundation, New York, NY Nutrition; Bipartisan Policy Center; Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Shavon Arline-Bradley Dwayne Proctor Carolina; Child Obesity 180/Tufts University; Edelman; General Mills, National Association for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Inc.; Greater Rochester Health Foundation; Health Partners; Healthy Advancement of Colored People, Princeton, NJ Weight Commitment Foundation; Highmark, Inc.; JPB Foundation; Baltimore, MD Kaiser Permanente; Kellogg Company; Kresge Foundation; Mars, Nicolas P Pronk Heidi Michels Blanck HealthPartners, Inc., Minneapolis, MN Inc.; Nemours Foundation; Nestlé Nutrition, North America; Nestlé Centers for Disease Control and Amelie G
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Key Terms

  • obesity solutions
  • obesity prevention
  • weight commitment
  • healthy weight
  • commitment foundation

  • physical education
  • american heart
  • blue cross
  • blue shield
  • christina economos

  • tufts university
  • heart association
  • kaiser permanente
  • improve health
  • increase physical

  • rochester health
  • health foundation
  • african american
  • healthy eating
  • healthier america

  • bipartisan policy
  • national league
  • community level
  • leon andrews
  • kids act

  • kellogg company
  • jpb foundation
  • healthier generation
  • johnson foundation
  • bill purcell


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