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December 2006, Vol 96, No. 12 | American Journal of Public Health 2106-2112
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.096891

GOING PUBLIC

Beginning to Begin: Reports From the Battle on Obesity

Kathryn Foxhall

Kathryn Foxhall is a freelance reporter with an emphasis on health policy.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Kathryn Foxhall, 3921 Crittenden St., Hyattsville, MD 20781 (e-mail: kfoxhall@ix.netcom.com).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE US Surgeon General’s report on obesity, has the nation made a good start on confronting the epidemic?

Some nutrition advocates say that currently they are seeing the most prominent policy events on diet in living memory. In 2005, at least 42 states passed or considered some type of legislation on nutrition. In 2006, the National Governors Association had a major project on obesity that was designed to gather information from many segments of society on how states can make progress on confronting the epidemic. Numerous school districts around the country, including several in major cities, have . . . [Full Text]


   FROM THE BOTTOM UP
 

   THE BIG PUSH IN SCHOOLS
 

   EFFORTS IN OTHER AREAS
 

   STILL A MULTILAYERED CRISIS
 

   THE CASE FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF RESEARCH
 

   UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD WE CREATED
 

   ACTING ON BEST-AVAILABLE EVIDENCE
 

   REASON FOR HOPE
 





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