Prevention strategiesObesityAlthough some high-income countries have managed to flatten the rate of increase in their (already high) obesity rates, no country in the world has been able to reverse the obesity epidemic. Obesity prevention is not an easy task because it requires multiple population-...
Using Evidence, Law and Political Science to Advance Obesity in Prevention Policies Deb Keen, David Mowat, Barbara von Tigerstrom, Patrick Fafard Page S9 select article Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Nutrition and Metabolism and Diabetes: An Overview of Bariatric Care Team Grant...
Poor dietary patterns and obesity, established risk factors for chronic disease, have been linked to neighborhood deprivation, neighborhood minority compos... NI Larson,MT Story,MC Nelson - 《American Journal of Preventive Medicine》 被引量: 1833发表: 2009年 Food store availability and neighborhood ...
B'More Healthy Communities for Kids, a multilevel obesity prevention program for African American children: Wave 1 process and impact results Limited research exists on the impact of multi‐level, multi‐component (MLMC) interventions. BHCK is an ongoing MLMC obesity prevention program, which targ...
The Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites (CO-OPS) is a KTE platform to promote evidence-informed practice, information-sharing, and evaluation. CO-OPS implements KTE with OP practitioners through knowledge brokering (KB), networking, tailored communications, and profe...
45 Population surveys track other health characteristics such as insurance coverage and the prevalence of asthma and obesity.46 Crimes, such as auto theft and purse snatching, are tracked by the National Crime Victimization Survey.47 Large gaps exist in the coverage of children’s exposure to ...
The adolescent onset of drug abuse and dependence revealed critical windows of opportunity for prevention efforts. The results of this study indicate that immediate action must be taken to educate physicians, the public, and policy makers about drug use disorders and their treatment and to develop ...
[26]. Consistent with our observations, numerous investigations have established a positive correlation between calf circumference and muscle mass irrespective of obesity status or age [27,28]. Resistance exercise programs in adulthood and early elderly should be developed to maintain muscle wasting and...
On April 17 and 18, 1997, a workshop was convened by the National Task Force on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity in Bethesda, MD, in conjunction with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute...
“availability” of alcohol, leading to lower rates of consumption by responsible adults. Only by controlling the many, Cohen argues, can you reduce alcohol abuse by the few. Cohen, by the way, has also launched an effort to apply the same product-control tactics to obesity by shutting down...