BACKGROUND The California Endowment's Healthy Eating, Active Communities program was designed to reduce disparities in the incidence of obesity by improving food and physical-activity environments for low-income children. It was recognized at the outset that to succeed, the program needed support from community advocates. Health care providers can be effective advocates to mobilize community me...

IMPORTANCE Childhood obesity is a complex problem influenced by policies, systems, and environments across multiple settings. The prevention of childhood obesity requires changes across a range of community settings. OBJECTIVE To describe the development of an obesity prevention strategy menu that incorporates effective policy, systems, and environmental changes for reducing and preventing ch...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 559 VOLUME 41JUNE 17, 2004 IAP National Task Force for Childhood Prevention of Adult Diseases: Childhood Obesity 6.1 Primary prevention of childhood obesity: Public Health Approach 6.2 Do interventions work ? 6.3 Strategies and Aims 6.4 Special strategies for target groups 6.5 Channels of intervention 7. Management of established obesity 7.1 Approach to assessment 7.2 Approach...

ISSUES ADDRESSED Community-based programs that affect healthy environments and policies have emerged as an effective response to high obesity levels in populations. Apart from limited individual reports, little is currently known about these programs, limiting the potential to provide effective support, to promote effective practice, prevent adverse outcomes and disseminate intervention results...