Research Catalog

Title

Physical activity : moving toward obesity solutions : workshop summary / Leslie Pray, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Author

Physical Activity: Moving Toward Obesity Solutions (Workshop) (2015 : Washington, D.C.), author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Publication

• Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
• ©2015

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Pray, Leslie A.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board.

Description

xiii, 181 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In 2008, the U.S. federal government issued fully approved physical activity guidelines for the first time. The idea that physical activity impacts health can be traced as far back as Hippocrates, and the science around the linkages between physical activity and health has continuously accumulated. On April 14-15, 2015, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a 2-day workshop to explore the state of the science regarding the impact of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity and to highlight innovative strategies for promoting physical activity across different segments of the population. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop"--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Moving toward obesity solutions

Subject

• Obesity > United States > Prevention > Congresses
• Obesity > Needs assessment > United States > Congresses
• Obesity > prevention & control
• United States

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "On April 14-15, 2015, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a 2-day workshop titled "Physical Activity: Moving Toward Obesity Solutions"--Page 1.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-143).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

Contents

Introduction -- Physical activity and primary prevention of obesity in youth -- Physical activity and primary prevention of obesity in adults -- Physical activity-related and - induced outcomes with overweight and obesity -- Policy strategies for promoting physical activity -- Community strategies for promoting physical activity -- Institutional strategies for promoting physical activity -- Implementation of strategies that promote physical activity.

ISBN

• 9780309378147
• 0309378141
• 9780309378154 (canceled/invalid)
• 030937815X (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• ocn933261050
• 933261050
• SCSB-5838452

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries