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Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 3/2008

01-12-2008 | Original Article

What is Needed to Reverse the Trends in Childhood Obesity? A Call to Action

Authors: Paul A. Estabrooks, Ph.D., Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D., Laura L. Hayman, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 3/2008

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Abstract

Background

To address the complexity of issues surrounding childhood obesity, the Society of Behavioral Medicine identified childhood obesity as a special focus of its 2007 Annual Meeting.

Purpose

The purpose of this paper was to provide a brief summary of the content of these sessions, promising practices that were presented, and recommendations for behavioral medicine research and practice professionals to facilitate reversing the current trends in childhood obesity.

Methods and Results

A social-ecological perspective was used to discuss views on biological and genetic perspectives, the need for policy and environmental approaches, and the need to expand the types of research and practice being conducted.

Conclusions

Recommendations included the need to (1) conduct a broader examination of potential policy, program, and practice strategies across social ecological levels, (2) use team approaches to science that include multiple disciplines and perspectives, (3) expand the methods and metrics used to demonstrate the value of childhood obesity treatment or prevention interventions, (4) use integrated research and practice partnerships, and (5) explicitly assess the potential of intervention strategies to reduce health disparities.
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Metadata
Title
What is Needed to Reverse the Trends in Childhood Obesity? A Call to Action
Authors
Paul A. Estabrooks, Ph.D.
Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D.
Laura L. Hayman, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-008-9070-7

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