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... . The overall goal of this workshop series was to examine data-driven solutions and innovative approaches that leverage the connections among three foundational drivers of obesity -- structural racism, biased mental models and social norms, and health communication -- and hold promise for effecting lasting systems change.
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... structural racism and obesity in the context of housing and education, and the intersection of biased mental models, stigma, weight bias, and obesity in the context of workplace and health care settings. The June workshop examined strategies for leveraging health communication and data-informed, innovative approaches for sustainable systems-wide changes to reduce the prevalence of obesity.
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... Pronk explained that the workshop series was designed to build on the roundtable's previous 2 years of work, during which it examined systems science approaches, health equity, and effective health communication. He summarized the roundtable's strategic planning efforts, completed in 2020, which he said were intended to inform future efforts in addressing obesity.
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... Green boxes indicate the topics addressed in the workshop series. ACE = adverse childhood experience; CACFP = Child and Adult Care Food Program; CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; EBT = electronic benefit transfer; ECE = early care and education; NSBP = National School Breakfast Program; NSLP = National School Lunch Program; WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
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... , chronicling their sessions in individual chapters. Chapter 2 summarizes the introductory session from the April workshop, which laid the foundation for the workshop series in focusing on the intersection of obesity solutions with biased mental models, stigma, weight bias, structural racism, and effective health communication.
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... . Appendix B is a list of acronyms used in this proceedings, and Appendix C contains biographical sketches of the workshop series planning committee members and speakers from the three workshops.


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