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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460670303321

Titolo

Cross-sector responses to obesity : models for change / / Steve Olson, rapporteur, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Food and Nutrition Board ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37106-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

362.1963/98

Soggetti

Obesity - United States

Public health - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Reviewers; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Health Equity; 3 Sustainability; 4 Leadership; 5 Measurement; 6 The National Prevention Council: Bringing Federal Agencies Together to Build Health and Resilience in Americans; 7 A Statewide Strategy in the Battle Against Child Obesity in Delaware; 8 PLACE MATTERS: Building People Power to Tackle Fundamental Causes of Obesity in Cook County, Illinois; 9 PowerUp: Mobilizing Against Obesity in St. Croix Valley, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; 10 Community Transformation in the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan

11 Concluding Remarks References; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: National Prevention Council Cross-Sector Case Study; Appendix C: Delaware Cross-Sector Case Study; Appendix D: Cook County PLACE MATTERS Case Study; Appendix E: PowerUp in the St. Croix Valley (MN/WI) Case Study; Appendix F: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cross-Sector Case Study; Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations; Appendix H: Speaker Biographical Sketches