Nearly 69 percent of U.S. adults and 32 percent of children are either overweight or obese, creating an annual medical cost burden that may reach $147 billion. Researchers and policy makers are eager to identify improved measures of environmental and policy factors that contribute to obesity prevention. The IOM formed the Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention to review the IOM's past obesity-related recommendations, identify a set of recommendations for future action, and recommend indicators of progress in implementing these actions. The committee held a workshop in March 2011 about how to improve measurement of progress in obesity prevention.
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction and Workshop Goals; 3 2 Physical Activity and the Built Environment; 4 3 The Food and Nutrition Environment; 5 4 Looking Across Domains; 6 5 Assessing the Impact of Marketing and Industry; 7 6 Assessing State and Community Efforts; 8 7 Disparities and Measurement; 9 8 Summary of Workshop Themes; 10 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 11 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 12 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Speakers; 13 Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Evaluating Approaches to Assessing Prevalence and Trends in Obesity
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Vivica A. Kraak, Catharyn T. Liverman, Jeffrey P. Koplan
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity, Shannon L. Wisham, Vivica I. Kraak, Catharyn T. Liverman, Jeffrey P. Koplan
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making, Leslie J. Sim, Lynn Parker, Shiriki K. Kumanyika
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Stephen Olson, Nicole Ferring Holovach, Matthew Spear, Lynn Parker
Institute of Medicine, Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children, Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies, Annina Burns, Lynn Parker, Leann L. Birch
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Stephen Olson, Elena Ovaitt, Emily Ann Miller, Lynn Parker
Institute of Medicine, Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children, Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies, Annina Burns, Lynn Parker, Leann L. Birch
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Vivica A. Kraak, Catharyn T. Liverman, Jeffrey P. Koplan
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Evaluating Approaches to Assessing Prevalence and Trends in Obesity
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making, Leslie J. Sim, Lynn Parker, Shiriki K. Kumanyika
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity, Shannon L. Wisham, Vivica I. Kraak, Catharyn T. Liverman, Jeffrey P. Koplan
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment, Heather D. Cook, III Kohl, Harold W.