Resource Guide for Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases

摘要

To prevent and control obesity and other chronic diseases, nutrition and physical activity program should include obesity prevention and control (including caloric intake and expenditure), increased physical activity, improved nutrition (including increased breastfeeding and increased consumption of fruits and vegetables), and reduced television time. Nutrition and physical activity goals of the program are to decrease levels of obesity or reduce the rate of growth of obesity in communities reached through interventions; increase physical activity and better dietary behaviors in communities reached through interventions; increase the number of state or community nutrition and physical activity policies and environmental supports that are planned, initiated or modified for preventing or controlling obesity and other chronic diseases; increase the number of interventions for nutrition and physical activity that are implemented and evaluated; and increase the number of communities that implement a nutrition and physical activity plan for preventing and controlling obesity and other chronic diseases. Community-based nutrition and physical activity program development and implementation includes a collaborative approach with local public and private partners and state government partners to describe the obesity epidemic and other chronic diseases in the community; describe the nutrition and physical activity risk factors associated with obesity and other chronic diseases; describe the population subgroups affected by obesity; set priorities with and for the subgroups; identify the behaviors of the population subgroups which are priorities for intervention; use the social-ecological model to guide planning to address obesity and other chronic diseases in these populations; select and implement interventions from proven resources so that multiple levels of influence in the social-ecological model are addressed. Consider using a social marketing approach in the intervention.