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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829078103321

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

0-309-37108-2

0-309-37106-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

362.1963/98

Soggetti

Obesity - United States

Public health - United States

United States

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

Sommario/riassunto

"Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36



percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national health care spending. Until the obesity epidemic is reversed, obesity will continue to drive rates of chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity is a summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Obesity Solutions in September 2014 to explore models of cross-sector work that may reduce the prevalence and consequences of obesity. This report identifies case studies of cross-sector initiatives that engage partners from diverse fields, and lessons learned from and barriers to established cross-sector initiatives"--