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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827837503321

Titolo

Creating equal opportunities for a healthy weight : workshop summary / / Heather Breiner, Lynn Parker, and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs ; Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-29476-2

0-309-29474-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 p.)

Disciplina

616.398

Soggetti

Obesity - United States - Prevention

Weight loss - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction and Themes of the Workshop""; ""2 Building Physical and Social Environments for Physical Activity in High-Risk Communities""; ""3 Combating Disparities in the Food and Beverage Environments of Ethnic Minority and Low-Income Communities""; ""4 Equity-Focused Approaches to Obesity Prevention in Workplaces""; ""5 Pathways to Obesity Prevention for Ethnic Minority and Low-Income Children and Adults in Primary Care""; ""6 Advertising, Promotion, and Education: Bringing Health Equity to the Message Environment""

""7 Upgrading Food and Physical Activity Options Before, During, and After School in Low-Income Neighborhoods""""8 Bringing the Pieces Together""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix D: Statements at the Workshop""; ""Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms""