A Statewide Strategy To Battle Child Obesity In Delaware

In 2006, approximately 37 percent of Delaware's children were overweight or obese. To combat Delaware's childhood obesity epidemic, Nemours, a leading child health care provider, launched a statewide program to improve child health. The "social-ecological" strategy reaches beyond...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2010-03, Vol.29 (3), p.481-490
Main Authors: Chang, Debbie I, Gertel-Rosenberg, Allison, Drayton, Vonna L, Schmidt, Shana, Angalet, Gwendoline B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Body mass index
Child care
Child health
Children & youth
Childrens health
Delaware
Design
Eating behavior
Exercise
Families & family life
Health education
Health promotion
Health surveys
Obesity
Overweight
Pediatrics
Physical fitness
Population
Primary care
Public health
School districts
Social marketing
Studies
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Summary:In 2006, approximately 37 percent of Delaware's children were overweight or obese. To combat Delaware's childhood obesity epidemic, Nemours, a leading child health care provider, launched a statewide program to improve child health. The "social-ecological" strategy reaches beyond clinical encounters to promote better health and behavior at multiple levels. Early results show that the initiative halted the increase in the prevalence of overweight and obese children, since no statistically significant change occurred during the two-year span between administrations of the Delaware Survey on Children's Health. The initiative also spurred increased knowledge of healthy eating and awareness of the need for increased physical activity in school, child care, and primary care settings. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0742