Improving the Weight of the Nation by Engaging the Medical Setting in Obesity Prevention and Control

Details

• Personal Author:
  Foltz, Jennifer L. ; Belay, Brook ; Blackburn, George L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
• Description:
  Engaging the health care setting at the systems level to support healthy eating and active living and prevent obesity can help address the problem of obesity. A number of key attributes of the clinical realm impacts population-level obesity prevention. Health care facilities serve large groups of people, including patients seen at the medical facility, the family and friends who accompany them for visits, as well as the large number of employees who provide care and service the facilities.
• Subjects:
  Obesity / Epidemiology Obesity / Prevention & Control
• Pubmed ID:
  24446994
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10880736
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fd5f4befd1893dba23b8a1f8b5466a90cf5972edda50bb4b1162c5bde9e1a7ff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/149318/cdc_149318_DS1.pdf
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