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

In the past 30 years, the number of obese children

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By Cynthia A Bascetta (au)
Year: 2005
Pages: 76
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 1422304981

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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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