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5 Perspectives from Outside the Armed Forces
5 Perspectives from Outside the Armed Forces
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Highlights from the Presentations of Individual Speakers • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity collaborates with other federal departments and agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense, to support research; identify best practices; disseminate evidence-based guidelines; and provide implementation training and assistance for communities and local and state public health efforts related to nutrition, physi cal activity, and obesity.
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It also supports grassroots public health efforts by providing funding and subjectmatter expertise to state, territory, tribal, and local health agencies; national organizations; universities; and communities. Blanck highlighted the DNPAO's use of scientific data and evidence to inform what communities and states can do to address obesity.
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According to Blanck, the Food Service Guidelines have great potential to have an impact "because if we can improve food procurement in child care, schools, work sites, and DoD, we can change the demand for healthy foods and over time the crops that are grown." She described another collaborative effort that involves working with other federal departments and the National Association of Community Health Centers to implement an affordable, evidence-based pediatric weight management and healthy lifestyle program for low-income children with obesity in Federally Qualified Health Centers.1 The DNPAO's funding in all 50 states has effected positive nationwide changes that reach Americans across the lifespan, Blanck stressed, from efforts related to breastfeeding, to early child care center policies, to school nutrition, to walkable and bikeable communities. "We are really proud to communicate the science," she said, ending her presentation by highlighting the division's infographics and interactive database of maps that can be used to illustrate data and trends (CDC, 2018)
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Eating habits trended away from pizza, burgers, and fast foods, she elaborated, and venues selling salads and wraps saw a 120 percent increase in product sales counts. Soda sales declined 22 percent; bottled water sales increased 27 percent; candy bar sales declined 30 percent; and chip sales remained flat, although they were lower than in the year before the initiative was implemented.
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Blankenship then described AND's involvement in national efforts related to developing standards of care and competencies for obesity treatment, as well as improving access to care. As an example she cited the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, which would improve access to care for obesity by allowing non–primary care practitioners, such as psychologists and registered dieticians, to provide and bill for services.
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According to Clary Loveless, grantee projects facilitate convening of local partners to form a comprehensive plan for addressing food insecurity in their community, and help provide local, culturally appropriate and healthy foods and nutrition education. As examples of grantee projects, she cited community food assessments, community gardens with market stands, farm-to-institution efforts, and mobile markets.
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