Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment: Proceedings of a Workshop

Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment: Proceedings of a Workshop
ISBN-10
0309457467
ISBN-13
9780309457460
Category
Medical
Pages
110
Language
English
Published
2017-06-02
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Food and Nutrition Board, Health and Medicine Division, Engineering

Description

After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.S. adults and children, the rate recently has dropped among some populations, particularly young children. What are the factors responsible for these changes? How can promising trends be accelerated? What else needs to be known to end the epidemic of obesity in the United States? To examine these and other pressing questions, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, held a workshop in September 2016. The workshop brought together leaders from business, early care and education, government, health care, and philanthropy to discuss the most promising approaches for the future of obesity prevention and treatment. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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