IOM Releases Guide to Curb Childhood Obesity
September 2, 2009
IOM Releases Guide to Curb Childhood Obesity

“Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity,” a new report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on September 1, 2009, provides practical action steps and strategies to curb or prevent childhood obesity.  The report is a guide for city, town, county or state level government officials in the fight against childhood obesity. 
 
The report is organized into 58 action steps listed under 15 broad strategies and include those that have the greatest potential to impact the obesity rate among children. The focus is on out-of-school strategies for communities and include suggestions such as implementing “Safe Routes to School” programs, limits on video game and TV time in children’s after school programs, reduction of ads for calorie dense, nutrient poor foods and drinks near schools, better grocery stores in underserved communities, inclusion of nutritional information on restaurant menus, and increasing play space and time in child care programs. 


See also:

IOM: Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity

CHHCS: Keeping Kids Healthy: Overweight, Nutrition & Physical Exercise

CHHCS: Childhood Overweight: What the research tells us