Communitywide strategies key to preventing childhood obesity.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Crawford, Patricia B.; Schneider, Constance L.; Martin, Anna C.; Spezzano, Theresa; Algert, Susan; Ganthavorn, Chutima; Nicholson, Yvonne; Neelon, Marisa; Swanson, Patti C. Wooten; Donohue, Susan
- Source
- California Agriculture. Jan-Mar2013, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p13-20. 8p. 5 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 4 Graphs.
- Subject
- *CHILDHOOD obesity
*HEALTH programs
*COMMUNITY services
*CONVENIENCE foods
- Language
- ISSN
- 0008-0845
The article focuses on the increasing obesity in the U.S. It informs that primary cause of obesity is energy imbalance that is a difference in the intake and burning of the calories. It reports that 25 million children are obese or at risk of becoming obese in the U.S. It mentions several strategies to control obesity including school and community interventions, limiting fast food and establishing parks. It also mentions University of California's Cooperative Extension's nutrition programs.