Measuring progress in obesity prevention workshop report

• Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2012
• Subjects: Obesity > Congress > prevention & control > United States; Program Evaluation > Congress > United States; Research Report > Congress > United States; Risk Assessment > Congress > United States; Risk Factors > Congress > United States
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• Physical Description: xiii, 144 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 9780309222396; 0309222397

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