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Obesity Issue: Physical Activity

Weight of the Nation

HBO recently premiered its four-part documentary series Weight of the Nation, which studies the obesity epidemic and the impact it is having on the United States. The following episode focuses on the impact of childhood obesity, and you can watch it here for FREE.    

Obesity Issue: Junk Food, Soda, Media, Physical Activity

Petition Widget

Check out our new Petition Widget!You can raise awareness about the impacts of childhood obesity by embedding this petition widget on your website or blog! Plus, it's easy to do and we're available to help if you need it.

Obesity Issue: Physical Activity

Obesity Statistics Widget

This interactive widget allows visitors to you site to learn about the historical rise in the obesity rate to its current epidemic level. They can then see the economic and health impact of obesity if the rate keeps going up or if we can start getting it to go down.

Obesity Issue: Junk Food

Using the 2012 F as in Fat Report to Create Healthier Communities (10/22/12)

Using the 2012 F as in Fat Report to Create Healthier CommunitiesThe annual report F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future, released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health, forecasts adult obesity rates in each state and the likely resulting rise in obesity-related disease rates and health care costs in 2030.

Obesity Issue: Built Environment

Walk of the Nation: How Communities Can Build on Encouraging Trends in Walking (10/2/12)

Obesity Issue: Physical Activity, After School Programs

What's Working in Collaboration for Community Health (7/17/12)

 If we want to create a healthier America, we are going to have to work together.Health advocates achieve change more effectively by working together across local, state and national lines. Online resources can help them come together — but with so many different resources out there, which are the most useful?

Obesity Issue: Built Environment

Joint Use Agreements: Tools for Implementing and Current Trends (6/22/12)

Sure, you’ve heard about Joint Use Agreements — but do you know about Joint Use 2.0?New trends in joint use were among the topics panelists discussed during a PreventObesity.net webinar held last week, which you can view by watching the video to the left.

Obesity Issue: After School Programs, In School Programs, Built Environment

Shared Use - Introduction and Practical Guide (5/17/12)

One of the biggest obstacles many communities face in encouraging children and their families to be physically active is a lack of accessible open spaces and athletic facilities.But addressing the issue won’t necessarily require building parks or fitness centers. It could be as simple as unlocking a gate.Most local schools have playgrounds, gyms, fields, basketball courts and open space, but school officials often close these facilities after school because of legitimate concerns over cost, vandalism, security and liability in case of injury.

Obesity Issue: After School Programs, In School Programs, Built Environment

Social Media and Blogging for Health Promotion (4/12/12)

Social media is a powerful tool for disseminating information about the benefits of healthy living. You may already use social media, but how do you cut through the noise and get your message noticed? Join PreventObesity.net and the Office of Minority Health Resource Center as they present a webinar about strategies for effectively reaching out to bloggers and using social media to promote good health!Social Media and Blogging for Health Promotion (4/12/12)This webinar focuses on ways to utilize social media and blogs to help promote public health.

Obesity Issue: Built Environment

Green Spaces, Safe Places and other Infrastructure Concerns for Latino Children (10/18/11)

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) have joined together in collaboration with PreventObesity.net to produce a summer webinar series aimed at addressing childhood obesity in the Latino community.Green Spaces, Safe Places and other Infrastructure Concerns for Latino Children (10/18/11)This fourth and final webinar in the series will focus on addressing the built environment and other infrastructure concerns as they impact the health of Latino children.

Obesity Issue: Built Environment

Physical Activity in Communities and Schools: The Impact on Latino Childhood Obesity (9/14/11)

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) have joined together in collaboration with PreventObesity.net to produce a summer webinar series aimed at addressing childhood obesity in the Latino community.Physical Activity in Communities and Schools: The Impact on Latino Childhood Obesity (9/14/11)This third webinar in the series will focus on promoting physical activity in communities and schools.

Obesity Issue: Physical Activity

Nutrition in Communities and Schools: What is at Stake for Latino Children (7/19/11)

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) have joined together in collaboration with PreventObesity.net to produce a summer webinar series aimed at addressing childhood obesity in the Latino community.

Obesity Issue: Built Environment, Food in Schools

Food Marketing and the Consequences for Latino Children and Youth (7/7/11)

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) has joined in collaboration with PreventObesity.net to produce a summer webinar series aimed at addressing childhood obesity in the Latino community.

Obesity Issue: Food Marketing

Sugary Drink F.A.C.T.S. (2012)

Here are the FACTS about sugary drink nutrition and marketing to children.Sugary drink companies speak to children early, often, and when parents are not looking. Sugary drinks are the most unhealthy food product marketed to children and are relentlessly and aggressively targeted toward them. Food marketing to children negatively influences the dietary choices and the health of society's most vulnerable citizens. Given the childhood obesity epidemic at hand, we need meaningful solutions and real change. We're here to give you the FACTS.

Obesity Issue: Junk Food, Energy Drinks, High Fructose, Soda, Food Marketing

Fast Food F.A.C.T.S. (2012)

Here are the FACTS about fast food nutrition and marketing to children.

Obesity Issue: Junk Food

Cereal F.A.C.T.S. (2012)

Here are the 2012 FACTS about cereal nutrition and marketing to children.In 2009, the first Cereal FACTS report documented the nutrition quality and marketing of cereals to children. Three years later – using the same methods as the first report – Cereal FACTS 2012 quantifies changes in nutrition content and children’s exposure to marketing for children’s cereals.Explore the Cereal FACTS website to learn more about the companies, brands, nutrition content, marketing techniques, and the science behind the FACTS. 

Obesity Issue: Junk Food

2011 - The Facts are In

Sugary drinks are the No. 1 source of calories in teens' diets. Despite pledges by the beverage industry to market fewer unhealthy beverages to children, there is more—not less—advertising for sugary drinks overall.Those are the findings in Sugary Drink FACTS, a groundbreaking report released by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Young people are exposed to a substantial amount of marketing for full-calorie sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and fruit drinks, the study finds. T.V. ads for full-calorie sodas specifically doubled between 2008 and 2010.

Obesity Issue: Junk Food

2011 F as in Fat Report

The results are in, and they aren't what we'd hope for. The United States is still struggling to confront our nation's obesity epidemic.Twenty years ago, no state had an adult obesity rate above 15 percent. Today, only one state has a rate under 20 percent - and 38 states have obesity rates above 25 percent. Sixteen states have higher rates this year than they did last. It's jarring data found in F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, released by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Obesity Issue: Junk Food