Assessing Public Policies and Assets That Affect Obesity Risk While Building New Public Health Partnerships, New Hampshire, 2011

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Ludmila ; Foster, Scot ; Flynn, Regina ; Fitterman, Mindy
• Description:
  The New Hampshire Obesity Prevention Program and the 9 New Hampshire regional planning commissions assessed the state's obesity-related policies and assets by using community measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A self-administered questionnaire that focused on policies and assets that promote healthful eating, physical activity, and breast-feeding was sent to 234 municipalities; 59% responded (representing 73% of the state's population). Of the municipalities that responded, 52% had sidewalks, 22% had bicycle lanes, none had nutrition standards, and 4% had a policy supporting breastfeeding. Through collaboration, we gathered baseline information that can be used to set priorities and assess progress over time.
• Subjects:
  Brief Female Government Programs Health Behavior Health Policy Health Promotion Humans Male Obesity Public Health Practice Questionnaires Residence Characteristics Risk Assessment Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120349
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  23928459
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3741411
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U58DP001471-05/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:591a62a087fb7e79b02bca5d0b07f3eff7ec18b03ccc3b17f1dbc6815343a33cc6bfa3b5edc52a4752d7d4b10d2a81bec4ea18f70034b501345eed39cd4125db
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20668/cdc_20668_DS1.pdf
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