Title Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention : Workshop Report / Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 144 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction and Workshop Goals -- Physical Activity and the Built Environment -- The Food and Nutrition Environment -- Looking Across Domains -- Assessing the Impact of Marketing and Industry -- Assessing State and Community Efforts -- Disparities and Measurement -- Summary of Workshop Themes -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Speakers -- Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations.
Summary	"Nearly 69 percent of U.S. adults and 32 percent of children are either overweight or obese, creating an annual medical cost burden that may reach 1.47 billion dollars. Researchers and policy makers are eager to identify improved measures of environmental and policy factors that contribute to obesity prevention. The IOM formed the Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention to review the IOM's past obesity-related recommendations, identify a set of recommendations for future action, and recommend indicators of progress in implementing these actions. The committee held a workshop in March 2011 about how to improve measurement of progress in obesity prevention."--Publisher's description.
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Subject	Obesity -- Nutritional aspects -- Research -- United States -- Congresses.
	Obesity -- Nutritional aspects.
	Research.
	United States.
	Obesity.
	Obesity -- United States -- Prevention -- Congresses.
	Nutrition -- Research -- Social aspects -- United States -- Congresses.
	Nutrition -- Research.
	Social aspects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board.
	Workshop on Measurement Strategies for Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention (2011 : Irvine, Calif.)
Other Form:	Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention. Measuring progress in obesity prevention. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012 9780309222396 (OCoLC)779583144
ISBN	9780309222402 (electronic book)
	0309222400 (electronic book)
	1280123427
	9781280123429
	9780309222396
	0309222397

Title Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention : Workshop Report / Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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