Translating Knowledge of Foundational Drivers of Obesity into Practice : Proceedings of a Workshop Series

Translating Knowledge of Foundational Drivers of Obesity into Practice Proceedings of a Workshop Series

"The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted an April, July, and October, 2022 workshop series to explore the gaps in knowledge within the foundational drivers of obesity. Facilitating action will require improved health communication, deconstructing structural racism, and rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (author)
Corporate Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, author, issuing body (author)
Other Authors: Division, Health and Medicine (-), Board, Food and Nutrition, Solutions, Roundtable on Obesity, Callahan, Emily A.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Breast feeding.
United States
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798477706719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • FrontMatter
  • Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Box and Figures
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Shifting the Paradigm to Advance Obesity Solutions
  • 3 Academic and Workforce Structures That Dismantle Systemic Racism While Building an Evidence Base
  • 4 The Effect of Communications on Perceptions and Understanding of Obesity
  • 5 Changing the Conversation around Representation in Media and Body Image
  • 6 Engaging Communities to Address Structural Drivers of Obesity
  • 7 Power Dynamics and Community as Complex Systems
  • 8 Moving toward Solutions: Understanding Community Dynamics in Relation to Power and Engagement
  • 9 Promising Initiatives to Build Community Power and Improve Health
  • 10 The Science, Strengths, and Limitations of Body Mass Index
  • 11 Progress in Obesity Solutions That Relate to Political, Economic, and Environmental Systems
  • 12 Progress in Obesity Solutions: Health Care Systems
  • 13 Progress in Obesity Solutions: Sociocultural Systems
  • References
  • Appendix A: Workshop Agendas
  • Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee Members.

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