Non-CWH
Reviews,
Papers & Policy Statements
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CWH Tools & Materials I Reviews, Papers & Policy Statements
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F as in Fat: How Obesity Policy is Failing in America
Trust for America's Health
2007
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Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance
National Academies Press
2005
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The Prevention Communication Research Database (PCRD)
A searchable collection of audience research conducted or sponsored by HHS agencies. PCRD is designed to provide access to research findings that may not be widely known or distributed, and that may provide program planners and health communication specialists with insight into different audiences in relation to key prevention issues such as physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco use, and substance abuse.
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Healthy Schools for Healthy Kids
An investigation of
relevant policies and programs between Nov. 1, 2002, and May 1, 2003 to identify opportunities for increasing children's physical activity and healthy eating in schools nationwide.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2004
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Soft
Drinks in Schools
A statement intended to inform pediatricians and other
health care professionals, parents, superintendents,
and school board members about nutritional concerns
regarding soft drink consumption in schools.
American Academy of Pediatrics
2004
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The Paradox of Hunger and Obesity in America
Examines the health risks of both hunger/food insecurity and obesity, and how both of these serious threats can co-exist in the same household. The analysis highlights recent research and describes how lack of adequate resources for food can contribute to weight gain.
Food Research and Action Center
2003
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Prevention
of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
Proposed strategies for early identification of excessive
weight gain by using body mass index, for dietary and
physical activity interventions during health supervision
encounters, and for advocacy and research.
American Academy of Pediatrics
2003
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Preventing
Childhood Obesity in Youth through School-Based Efforts
Multi-pronged strategies that states, school districts
and schools are using to address childhood.
NGA Center for Best Practices of the National Governors
Association
2003
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An
Epidemic: Overweight and Unfit Children in California
Assembly
Findings of the 2001 California Physical Fitness test.
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
2002
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Diet
in the Prevention and Control of Obesity,
Insulin Resistance, and Type II Diabetes
American College of Preventive Medicine Position Statement.
2002
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Dietary
Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat,
Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients)
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board
National Academy of Science
2002
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State
Competitive Food Policies
US Department of Agriculture
September,
2002
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Foods
Sold in Competition with USDA School Meal Programs: A
Report to
Congress
Reports and policies on "Competitive Foods" (foods with minimal nutritional value) offered in schools.
US Department of Agriculture
January
2001
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Surgeon
General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight
and Obesity
2001
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Building
Household Food Security Measurements Tools from the Ground
Up. Background Paper.
Wendy S. Wolfe, Edward A. Frongillo Jr.,
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
April 29, 2000
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project. Academy
for Educational Development, Washington DC.
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Childhood
Hunger, Childhood Obesity: An Examination of the Paradox
Center on Hunger and Poverty, School of Nutrition Science
and Policy, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1999
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Hunger
in America 2001
National Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest.
Myoung Kim, Jim Ohls, Rhoda Cohen
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ.
October 2001
Hunger in America 2001 provides a comprehensive profile
of the incidence and nature of hunger and food insecurity
in the U.S.
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Weaving the Food Web
Traces the efforts of communities across California to help people put fresh, healthy food on their tables every day, and describes the relationships among individuals, families, businesses, noprofit organzaions, and government agencies that can make life's most basic necessity accessible at the neighborhood level.
Community Food Security Coalition
2002
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Impact
of Hunger on Health and Development
A new Food Security Institute online resource highlights
published articles with supporting evidence of how family
food hardship directly links to health, behavioral, and
other outcomes.
May 2002
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Paradox
of Our Times: Hunger in a Strong Economy
Sandra H Venner, Ashley F Sullivan, Dorie Seavey
Jan 2000
Center on Hunger and Poverty, Tufts University, Medford,
MA
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Putting
a Face on Food: How State and Local Food Policy Can
Promote New Agriculture
Neil Hamilton
Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Law
and Director of the Agricultural Law Center at Drake
University Law School, Des Moines. Chair, Iowa Food
Policy Council
October 2001
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Understanding Nutrition: A Primer of Programs and Policies in California report
Daine F. Reed, MPH, Kate Karpilow, PhD
August, 2004
Califronia Center for Research on Children and Families
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National
Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) Chronic
Disease Prevention: Asthma, Diabetes, Obesity and Osteoporosis
*
Physical
Activity & Nutrition *
Summary
of a brief on nutrition and obesity *
that included legislation introduced to address nutrition
and obesity along with non-legislative strategies, the
debate surrounding obesity, health care costs and current
practices.
Junk
Foods * (referred to
as "competitive foods" which are foods with
minimal nutritional value) in schools.
*latest
update listed on site
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The Prevention Communication Research Database (PCRD)
A searchable collection of audience research conducted or sponsored by HHS agencies. PCRD is designed to provide access to research findings that may not be widely known or distributed, and that may provide program planners and health communication specialists with insight into different audiences in relation to key prevention issues such as physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco use, and substance abuse.
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| Nutrition
& Physical Activity |
"What We Eat in America, NHANES 2001-2002: Usual Nutrient Intakes from Food Compared to Dietary Reference Intakes." full report
September 29, 2005
This report, produced by the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, presents results from survey interviews of nearly 9,000 individuals nationwide on their intake of foods and beverages, but not supplements.
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The
CDC Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity’s Searchable
Database contains bill information from all 50 states
related to specific topics and subtopics. The database
contains information from 2001 and is updated quarterly.
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Physical
Activity Among Adults: United States, 2000 full
report
May, 2003
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Center for Health Statistics report focusing on physical
activity levels of adults living in the United States.
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The Prevention Communication Research Database (PCRD)
A searchable collection of audience research conducted or sponsored by HHS agencies. PCRD is designed to provide access to research findings that may not be widely known or distributed, and that may provide program planners and health communication specialists with insight into different audiences in relation to key prevention issues such as physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco use, and substance abuse.
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| Body
Image & Eating Disorders |
Body
Image Program Planning Guide summary
PDF
full report
June, 2002
Victoria Government Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia, in collaboration with statewide health advancement organizations.
Weight
Loss Advertising: An Analysis of Current Trends
report
September, 2002
Federal Trade Commission
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Understanding Nutrition: A Primer of Programs and Policies in California report
Daine F. Reed, MPH, Kate Karpilow, PhD
August, 2004
Califronia Center for Research on Children and Families
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