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Project Title:
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Childhood Obesity Prevention: Actions for Local Governments
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PIN:
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FNBX-H-08-10-A
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Major Unit:
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Institute of Medicine
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Food and Nutrition Board
Transportation Research Board
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RSO:
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Parker, Lynn
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Food and Nutrition; Health and Medicine; Transportation and Infrastructure
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Project Scope
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An ad hoc committee of the Institute of Medicine will examine evidence on childhood obesity prevention efforts by local government entities, with a focus on identifying promising practices, and will develop a set of recommended practices for disseminating to local governments broadly. The audience includes mayors; county, city, or township commissioners or other officials; local health departments; local boards of health; city planners; and other relevant local commissions and public entities. This study will draw from and build on relevant IOM reports, especially "Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance" and "Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?", as well as secondary sources and seminal primary sources. In carrying out its task the committee will consider the range of childhood obesity prevention efforts that have been implemented by local governments and those that have been evaluated, and from that information will compile a list of promising practices in childhood obesity prevention, noting promising strategies for addressing disparities and disproportionately-affected children and youth, identifying other public health benefits, and summarizing successful strategies for sustained funding and financing of obesity prevention initiatives. The committee will develop a succinct report that summarizes the range of local government efforts; identifies and describes rationale for selected promising practices; discusses other relevant public health benefits of these promising practices; and outlines a set of recommendations on priority immediate actions and practices for local governments. As relevant to the task, state government actions may also be considered.
This project is sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The start date for this project is August 15, 2008.
A report will be issed at the end of this project in approximately 12 months.
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Project Duration:
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12 months
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