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      Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?

      Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the progress made by obesity prevention initiatives in the United States from 2004 to 2006. This book emphasizes a call to action for key stakeholders and sectors to commit…

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      Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Industry, Brief Summary, Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium

      Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity,Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine,The National Academies

      In 2002, Congress charged the Institute of Medicine (IOM) with developing a prevention-focused action plan to reduce the number of obese children and youth in the United States. In 2005…

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      Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities - Brief Summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium

      National Academies,Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity,In collaboration with the Healthcare Georgia Foundation

      The nation faces a growing epidemic of childhood obesity that threatens the immediate health of our children and their prospects of growing up healthy into adulthood. During the past 30…

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      Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Schools: Brief Summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium

      National Academies,Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity,In collaboration with the Kansas Health Foundation

      Obesity is now an epidemic among children and adolescents in the United States. Nationwide, roughly nine million children over six years of age are obese?with elevated risks of both health…

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      Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance

      Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth,National Academy of Sciences

      Given the trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking development - an epidemic of obesity in children and youth. This book explores the causes of…

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