Community-Based Programs May Help Prevent Childhood Obesity

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With easy access to processed foods, and limited time for parents to create healthy meals, child obesity is becoming an epidemic in the United States. This article discusses the need for more comprehensive interventions in regard to fighting and preventing childhood obesity. In a study done by John Hopkins, community based approaches need to be utilized. Studies are showing that the best approach to stopping childhood obesity is through school based education at middle school age or younger. However, results can be even better when these programs are utilized along with programs in child care situations and education at home.

In addition to this article, John Hopkins put together “Perspectives on Childhood Obesity Prevention: Recommendations from Public Health Research and Practice”. This is a comprehensive informational source that discusses where childhood obesity is found most commonly, why, and how it can be prevented. This source can be found at http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/_pdf/research/clf_reports/childhoodobesity.pdf. It also gives direct recommendations in regard to nutrition education and physical therapy to prevent obesity in children.

This is very important information for dietitians that may have a large childhood obesity rate in their area and are not sure where to start. This article directs them to the invaluable link above that can really get the dietitian on the right track to correct the problem.

Community-Based Programs May Help Prevent Childhood Obesity. (2013, May 13). Retrieved October 18, 2015.

http://www.todaysdietitian.com/news/070513_news.shtml

-JT

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