Cross-sector responses to obesity models for change
"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 r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Washington, District of Columbia :
The National Academies Press
[2015]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622432006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
