Childhood Obesity: Most Experts Identified Physical Acitivity and the Use of Best Practices as Key to Successful Programs

Childhood Obesity: Most Experts Identified Physical Acitivity and the Use of Best Practices as Key to Successful Programs
ISBN-10
1422304981
ISBN-13
9781422304983
Series
Childhood Obesity
Category
Psychology
Pages
76
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
DIANE Publishing
Author
Cynthia A. Bascetta

Description

In the past 30 years, the number of obese children has increased in the U.S., leading some policy makers to rank childhood obesity (CO) as a critical public health threat. This report: describes the strategies identified by experts as most important to include in programs to prevent or reduce CO; provides ex. of how selected programs (SP) implemented the key strategies identified & the challenges these programs faced; describes the program elements identified as most important to include in programs to prevent or reduce CO, as well as outcome measures identified as important; & provides ex. of how SP implemented key elements identified & the challenges these programs faced, as well as examples of possible roles for the federal government. Illus.

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