Community Policies and Programs to Prevent Obesity and Child Adiposity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Evidence regarding impact of community policies and programs (CPPs) to prevent child obesity is limited, and which combinations of strategies and components are most important is not understood. The Healthy Communities Study was an observational study to assess relationships of characteristics and intensity of CPPs with adiposity, diet, and physical activity in children, taking advantage of variation across the U.S. in community actions to prevent child obesity. The study examined the association of CPPs to prevent child obesity with measured BMI and waist circumference, hypothesizing that communities with more-comprehensive CPPs would have children with lower adiposity.

Methods

The study included 130 communities selected by probability-based sampling or because

SUBMITTER: Frongillo EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5650930 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature