Purpose

CAAs can provide leadership to help improve the health and well-being of many low-income children and adults by addressing the link between obesity and poverty, which has been demonstrated through various studies.

Description

WeCanEndHunger includes links to helpful information and materials on a wide range of food and nutrition topics.  Please LET US KNOW if you have suggested items that can be added on CHILD AND ADULT OBESITY. 

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Consequences of Obesity (CDC)

• Health Consequences
• Economic Consequences

Poverty and Obesity

• The Paradox of Obesity and Hunger (FRAC / Food Action and Research Council)
• Obesity and Hunger (Bread for the World)
• Poverty, Hunger and Obesity (Boston University School of Medicine)

Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children (5-part series published in 2008 by the Washington Post) includes: 

• Resources on the Web
• How Obesity Harms A Child's Body (interactive web page)
• What's Your Nutrition IQ? (online quiz)
• Buy Better Groceries (Virtual Grocery Store interactive tool)

Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) includes:

• Reversing the Epidemic – Policy Options and What Individuals and Families Can Do
• Resources and Tools – School Nutrition … Healthy Foods at Home … Physical Activity at School … Community Design & Recreation … Media & Marketing

Action for Healthy Kids works to engage diverse organizations, leaders and volunteers in actions that foster sound nutrition and good physical activity in children, youth and schools.

• In Your State
• Resources to Create Change

Center for Disease Control

• Overweight and Obesity (overview)
• State-Based Programs – Tools and Resources
• Resources and Publications

Center for Science in the Public Interest

• Policy Options to Promote Nutrition and Activity
• School Food Tool Kit
• Guidelines for Responsible Food Marketing to Children (press release)
• Obesity Links

William J. Clinton Foundation

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation in partnership with the American Heart Association
  • Resources for Families and Teachers
  • Media Tools and Resources

The Future of Children (Princeton-Brookings Publication)

• Child Obesity - 10 articles reviewing the latest research on the causes and consequences of childhood obesity and on interventions that can help reduce obesity among children in the United States.  Public and parental education, school-based programs, medical and regulatory policies and environmental changes work as strategies to reduce obesity.
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report

California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activities and Nutrition)

• Create Healthier People – To help youth and adults eat better and be more physically active.
• Create Healthier Places – To improve food and physical activity options.
• Resource Library
• School Wellness Policy Tools – Resources to develop, implement and evaluate school wellness policies.  Included are an assessment tool, implementation guide and other key resources.
  • CAPTIVE KIDS: SELLING OBESITY AT SCHOOLS: An Action Guide to Stop the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages in School
• Bright Ideas – Designed to showcase successful or promising examples of healthy eating and physical activity strategies that have made it easier for youth to eat healthy food and/or be physically active at school.

Healthy Virginians

• Healthy Students
• Healthy Virginians Tool Kit

Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

• Obesity and School BMI (Body Mass Index) - State law that mandates providing parents with an annual Body Mass Index (BMI) by age of their child, as well as an explanation of what the BMI means and health effects associated with obesity.
  • Overview includes Related Legislation
  • Health Letter to Parents
  • Children's BMI Calculator 
  • Child Health Advisory Committee Recommendations 
  • News Coverage with Related Links
  • Alternative to the Food Pyramid
  • Helpful Links  

Outcomes

Efforts to address child and adult obesity are necessary to reduce the health and economic consequences affecting individuals, families, and our society as a whole.