Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States: Implementation and Measurement Guide

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• Personal Author:
  Keener, Dana ; Kenneth Goodman ; Khan, Laura Kettel ; Lowry, Amy ; Zaro, Susan
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. ; CDC Foundation ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Kaiser Permanente ; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ; W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Description:
  "Local policies and the physical environment influence daily choices that affect our health--and our weight. For example, children who live in unsafe neighborhoods may be restricted to watching television indoors instead of playing outside after school. Families living in neighborhoods that are zoned exclusively for residential use must drive to work and school because it is too far to walk. Communities that lack full-service grocery stores and neighborhood food markets have less access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Moreover, policies that establish physical activity requirements and nutrition standards in schools and daycare facilities can promote the health and well-being of children. These are just a few examples of how policies and the environment can affect what we eat and how we move, which in turn affects our health. To reverse the obesity epidemic, we must change our physical and food environments to provide more opportunities for people to eat healthy foods and to be physically active on a daily basis. Accordingly, this manual describes 24 recommended strategies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to encourage and support healthy eating and active living. In addition, a single measure is provided for each strategy to help communities track their progress over time." - p. 1
• Content Notes:
  Program implementation and evaluation guides for: Recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States, published as Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 58, no. RR-07. ; This guide was written by Dana Keener, Kenneth Goodman, Amy Lowry, Susan Zaro, and Laura Kettel Khan. ; Support for this project was provided to the CDC Foundation by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente. ; Includes biblioghical references (p. 67-70). ; Keener, D., Goodman, K., Lowry, A., Zaro, S., & Kettel Khan, L. (2009). Recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States: Implementation and measurement guide. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects:
  • Environment Design
  • Exercise
  • Food Habits
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Promotion
  • Obesity/epidemiology
  • Obesity/prevention & control
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Social Environment
  More +
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 83 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5343/cdc_5343_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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