Preventing Childhood Obesity

What Are We Doing Right

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ID11035902
AutoresThomas A Farley (0000-0003-2307-6019, At the time of this work, Thomas A. Farley and Deborah Dowell were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY.), Deborah Dowell (0000-0002-1615-224X, At the time of this work, Thomas A. Farley and Deborah Dowell were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY.)
Año2014
Volumen104
Número9
Páginas1579-1583
Fecha de publicación2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302015
PMID25033123
OpenAlexW1973822347
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas16

After decades of increases, the prevalence of childhood obesity has declined in the past decade in New York City, as measured in children participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and public school students, with the greatest reductions occurring in the youngest children. Possible explanations were changes in demographics; WIC, day care, and school food policies; citywide obesity prevention policies, media messages; and family and community food consumption. Although the decreases cannot be attributed to any one cause, the most plausible explanation is changes in food consumption at home, prompted by media messages and reinforced by school and child care center policy changes. Continued media messages and policy changes are needed to sustain these improvements and extend them to other age groups

Childhood obesity · Consumption (sociology) · Demographics · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Public health · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology