Cross-sector responses to obesity : models for change : workshop summary / Steve Olson, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national health care spending. Until the obesity epidemic is reversed, obesity will continue to drive rates o...

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Main Author: Olson, Steve, 1956- (rapporteur.)
Corporate Author: Cross-Sector Work on Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Weight Maintenance : Models for Change (Workshop)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2015]
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