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Making the Case for the Built Environment to Promote Wellness and Reduce Weight Gain

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Tunde M. Akinmoladun, PhD, DAAS, FRSPH , Academic Health Resources, Columbia, MO
Overweight and obesity are two of the leading causes of certian preventable chronic diseases in the U.S and the world. About 63% of U.S adults are either overweight or obese, while 50% of adult African Americans and 39% of adult Latinos are obese. American children do not fare better either, with about 25% of them classified as obese. This dangerous statistcal trend is on the rise, and some of the known culprits are: lack of pedestrrian and biscyclists infrsatructure, and grocery stores. This presentation will evaluate grassroot  and community level actions to reverse weight-gain and obesity, modify health behavior, discuss avenues to fund built environment infrastructure, and educate citizens about importance of physical activity and proper nutrition.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Chronic disease management and prevention
Environmental health sciences
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate how the built environment promotes better health outcomes. Evaluate the statistics on weight- gain, food deserts, and dearth of pedestrian infrastructure. Demonstrate how community actions modify behavior and reduce weight- gain

Keyword(s): Built Environment, Minority Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have more than 29 years of academic and professional experience in public health, environmental health, health education, and health promotion.
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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