Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight: Workshop Summary

by Food and Nutrition Board, Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Institute of Medicine

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309294738
• ISBN13: 9780309294737
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"