Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Webinar: Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators?

Reducing and preventing childhood obesity through community-wide change

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Register Now  | March 21, 2013 | 12–12:45 PM EDT

Many Americans live, learn, work, and play in neighborhoods that lack grocery stores, walkable streets, and other features necessary for healthy eating and adequate physical activity.¹ In fact, most Americans do not eat a healthy diet and are not physically active at levels needed to maintain proper health. This has contributed to a dramatic increase in adult and childhood obesity, which is particularly troubling as obesity puts individuals at increased risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, which are among the leading causes of death.² Supporting good nutrition, increasing physical activity, and addressing the policies and environmental factors that impact these issues are critical steps in improving public health.

Join us on Thursday, March 21, at 12:00 PM EDT as we highlight the success of one community-wide partnership in reducing childhood obesity through community outreach, advocacy, education, policy development, and environmental change. This 45-minute Webinar will be led by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Howard Koh, and will include a roundtable discussion on the impact of this critical Leading Health Indicator topic.

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Sources:

¹Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, Institute of Medicine. Accelerating progress in obesity prevention: Solving the weight of the nation. Glickman D, Parker L, Sim LJ, Cook HDV, Miller EA, editors. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2012.

²Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity. Healthy People 2020 [Internet]. Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services; 2013 [cited Feb 26, 2013]. Available from: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/nutrition.aspx

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