PUBHLTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Baby Boomers, Non-Communicable Disease, Food Security
29 May 2016
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Chapter 17: meeting adult nutritional needs through public. Case study: worksite program in north carolina, united states: worksite wellness programs can. Reach adults many hours per week in many ways. Reduce health care costs, disability claims, absenteeism, and turnover. Save workplaces for each spent: division of public health (dph) Address diet, physical activity, and smoking: goal: sustainable, department-wide program. Reduce non-communicable disease (ncd) risk: public health nutritionist involved in: Program leadership, planning, and evaluation: evaluation: agency and employee surveys, wellness leader advised management, site leaders formed wellness committees. Additional programs, such as gyms, challenges to improve diet, better cafeteria and vending choices: results by third year. Healthier food choices and more physical activity. Weight management classes successful: was named as a national best practices model. Introduction to nutrition in adulthood: cardiovascular disease and stroke. Focus of public health nutrition programs: obesity: major risk factor for many ncds. 2. 3 billion adults overweight; 700 million obese.
