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Creating equal opportunities for a healthy weight : workshop summary

Title
Creating equal opportunities for a healthy weight : workshop summary / Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board ; Heather Breiner, Lynn Parker, and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Breiner, Heather
  • Parker, Lynn
  • Olson, Steve
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Description
x, 121 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-95).
Contents
Introduction and themes of the workshop -- Building physical and social environments for physical activity in high-risk communities -- Combating disparities in the food and beverage environments of ethnic minority and low-income communities -- Equity-focused approaches to obesity prevention in workplaces -- Pathways to obesity prevention for ethnic minority and low-income children and adults in primary care -- Advertising, promotion and education: bringing health equity to the message environment -- Upgrading food and physical activity options before, during, and after school in low-income neighborhoods -- Bringing the pieces together -- References -- Appendixes.
ISBN
  • 9780309294737
  • 0309294738
OCLC
  • ocn867849412
  • 867849412
  • SCSB-5725347
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries