Following are selected external reports relevant to healthy eating and obesity prevention among children. Introductions and links to the reports are provided.
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F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010 (RWJF and Trust for America's Health, June 2010)
This report, the seventh annual edition of F as in Fat, contains rankings of state obesity rates and results of a new poll on childhood obesity conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and American Viewpoint. The report also identifies actions that the federal government and many states are taking to address the epidemic and recommends specific strategies to accelerate momentum. Read the report. |
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White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity: Report to the President |
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Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation (White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, May 2010)
This report outlines an action plan to end the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. The report presents 70 specific recommendations in five areas: 1) getting children a healthy start on life; 2) empowering parents and caregivers; 3) providing healthy foods in schools; 4) improving access to healthy, affordable foods; and 5) getting children more physically active. Read the report. |
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Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents |
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Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation (Federal Trade Commission, July 2008)
In 2007, Congress authorized the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a study of food and beverage marketing to children and adolescents. In response, the FTC analyzed the activities and expenditures of 44 companies that they deemed to be the primary food and beverage marketers to youth aged 2 to 17. This report presents the findings of that analysis. Read the report.
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Balance - 2007 End of Year Report |
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A Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity, and Prevent Obesity (Balance, Issue 5, 2007 End of Year Report)
This report details how state and federal governments are taking action to stave off the public health threat of childhood obesity in the United States. Read the report.
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New data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, May 2008)
The prevalence of obesity may have reached a plateau in children and adolescents, according to new NHANES data. Results showed no significant changes in BMI for this population between 2003 to 2004 and 2005 to 2006 and no significant trend for high BMI from 1999 to 2006. RWJF released a statement in response to these findings. |
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