Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity

Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national health care spending. Until the obesity epidemic is reversed, obesity will continue to drive rates of chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer.Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity is a summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Obesity Solutions in September 2014 to explore models of cross-sector work that may reduce the prevalence and consequences of obesity. This report identifies case studies of cross-sector initiatives that engage partners from diverse fields, and lessons learned from and barriers to established cross-sector initiatives.Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction2 Health Equity3 Sustainability4 Leadership5 Measurement6 The National Prevention Council: Bringing Federal Agencies Together to Build Health and Resilience in Americans7 A Statewide Strategy in the Battle Against Child Obesity in Delaware8 PLACE MATTERS: Building People Power to Tackle Fundamental Causes of Obesity in Cook County, Illinois9 PowerUp: Mobilizing Against Obesity in St. Croix Valley, Minnesota, and Wisconsin10 Community Transformation in the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan11 Concluding RemarksReferencesAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: National Prevention Council Cross-Sector Case StudyAppendix C: Delaware Cross-Sector Case StudyAppendix D: Cook County PLACE MATTERS Case StudyAppendix E: PowerUp in the St. Croix Valley (MN/WI) Case StudyAppendix F: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cross-Sector Case StudyAppendix G: Acronyms and AbbreviationsAppendix H: Speaker Biographical Sketches