Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight is the summary of
a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Standing
Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine
income, race, and ethnicity, and how these factors intersect with
childhood obesity and its prevention. Registered participants,
along with viewers of a simultaneous webcast of the workshop, heard
a series of presentations by researchers, policy makers, advocates,
and other stakeholders focused on health disparities associated
with income, race, ethnicity, and other characteristics and on how
these factors intersect with obesity and its prevention. The
workshop featured invited presentations and discussions concerning
physical activity, healthy food access, food marketing and
messaging, and the roles of employers, health care professionals,
and schools. The IOM 2012 report Accelerating Progress in Obesity
Prevention acknowledged that a variety of characteristics linked
historically to social exclusion or discrimination, including race,
ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, age, mental
health, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity,
geographic location, and immigrant status, can thereby affect
opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating, health care,
work, and education. In many parts of the United States, certain
racial and ethnic groups and low-income individuals and families
live, learn, work, and play in places that lack health-promoting
resources such as parks, recreational facilities, high-quality
grocery stores, and walkable streets. These same neighborhoods may
have characteristics such as heavy traffic or other unsafe
conditions that discourage people from walking or being physically
active outdoors. The combination of unhealthy social and
environmental risk factors, including limited access to healthy
foods and opportunities for physical activity, can contribute to
increased levels of chronic stress among community members, which
have been linked to increased levels of sedentary activity and
increased calorie consumption. Creating Equal Opportunities for a
Healthy Weight focuses on the key obesity prevention goals and
recommendations outlined in Accelerating Progress in Obesity
Prevention through the lens of health equity. This report explores
critical aspects of obesity prevention, while discussing potential
future research, policy, and action that could lead to equity in
opportunities to achieve a healthy weight. Table of Contents Front
Matter 1 Introduction and Themes of the Workshop 2 Building
Physical and Social Environments for Physical Activity in High-Risk
Communities 3 Combating Disparities in the Food and Beverage
Environments of Ethnic Minority and Low-Income Communities 4
Equity-Focused Approaches to Obesity Prevention in Workplaces 5
Pathways to Obesity Prevention for Ethnic Minority and Low-Income
Children and Adults in Primary Care 6 Advertising, Promotion, and
Education: Bringing Health Equity to the Message Environment 7
Upgrading Food and Physical Activity Options Before, During, and
After School in Low-Income Neighborhoods 8 Bringing the Pieces
Together References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Speaker
Biographical Sketches Appendix C: Workshop Participants Appendix D:
Statements at the Workshop Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms
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