253509 Childhood Obesity: A Policy Perspective

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:50 PM

Elise Goldstein, MPA , Leadership for Healthy Communities, Washington, DC
     
This presentation will review Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to address childhood obesity. It will present the barriers that exist in communities for healthy eating and active living, and will introduce an array of policy options that can be employed to improve opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs

Learning Objectives:
1. Explain the need for policy approaches to address the issue of childhood obesity in communities. 2. Discuss the disparate impact of obesity on certain populations. 3. List five policy approaches that can address environmental barriers to healthy eating and active living.

Keywords: Children, Obesity

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I oversee the daily operations of the Leadership for Healthy Communities program, which seeks to support policymaker as they pass and implement policies to reduce barriers to healthy eating and active living.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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