NUTR 8020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Childhood Obesity, Food Marketing, National Institutes Of Health
31 May 2019
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Addressing the obesity epidemic: an issue for public health policy. Public health interventions focus on lifestyle approaches. Most effective interventions include dietary alterations and increased physical activity. Most community-based studies in adults have not been rigorously evaluated. One success faith-based intervention called the word (wholeness, Most public health interventions have been conducted through schools. Interventions involving family and other environmental components may be important. Parents are gatekeepers for diet and physical activity. For pre-school need to include day care. Health care providers need to consistently screen. Obesity rates remain higher among black and hispanic communities than non-hispanic white communities. Involve local communities in all public and private investments. Use equity as a grant criterion and measure. Use culturally sensitive community-based obesity prevention and control strategies. Provided a framework to stimulate research and inform policymakers about the specific needs for priority funding to address prevention of obesity in latino children.
