Sentences with phrase «community obesity prevention»

With local data, schools can inform parents and mobilize community obesity prevention efforts.

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«More than that, I believe this partnership has advanced the science on childhood obesity prevention, by identifying and supporting innovative programs that have the potential to be replicated in communities across the country.

Her research focuses on family and community contributions to child obesity and the development of sustainable obesity prevention programs.

Community Walking Project Enters Final Phase «Team Members Log Twenty - One Million Steps» In the ten weeks since they began, the ninety - seven participants taking part in the «A Better Me: Fit, Healthy and Happy» fitness program sponsored by the Oneida County Health Department have cumulatively walked the equivalent of 39 - hundred miles while learning about the benefits of proper nutrition and the prevention of diabetes and obesity, according to Dr. Gayle Jones, Oneida County Director of Health.

The Endocrine Society supports the implementation of policies that sustain a prevention care team that includes medical personnel, family, schools, and the community, to combat pediatric obesity.

Previously he worked in the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and CO-OPS (the collaboration for community - based obesity prevention initiatives) at Deakin University where he designed and delivered professional development natiObesity Prevention and CO-OPS (the collaboration for community - based obesity prevention initiatives) at Deakin University where he designed and delivered professional development natiobesity prevention initiatives) at Deakin University where he designed and delivered professional development nationally.

They say the then Labor Government rejected the most hard - hitting recommendations of the blueprint laid out in the 2008 report of the National Preventative Health Taskforce for addressing obesity and diet - related chronic disease, although made progress through the establishment of the Australian National Preventative Health Agency, dedicated funding to new, community - based prevention initiatives, and early work on a National Food Plan.