Centers for Disease Prevention
& Control
Obesity Fact Sheets
The Obesity Fact Sheets contain results from the Youth Risk Behavior
Survey (YRBS) and School Health Profiles (Profiles) related to
the obesity epidemic among youth.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm
The Center for Health and
Health Care in Schools
The Center has developed Childhood Overweight: What the Research
Tells Us, a free publication summarizes key findings from
the best studies on the background and health consequences of
childhood overweight and has information regarding physical activity
and schools and nutrition and schools.
http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/obesityfs.asp
Childhood Overweight: A Select
Bibliography - March 2005
The following sections provide links to basic information on the
problem, prevention strategies and key government documents.
http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/obesitybib.asp
Future of Children
Childhood Obesity Volume 16, Number 1 Spring 2006
http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=349724
Health Policy Tracking
Service
Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity - 2005 First Quarterly
Report
In 2004, the Health Policy Tracking Service noted a considerable
increase in the amount of legislation introduced and the issue
continues to receive attention in state houses across the country
in 2005.
http://www.rwjf.org/research/researchdetail.jsp?id=1257&ia=138
Institute for Women’s
Policy Research
The Status of Women in Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MI_Wonmen_109351_7.pdf
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/7030.cfm
Medline Plus – Obesity
Search
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obesity.html
Michigan Department of
Community Health
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2944_5327-12702--,00.html
Critical Health Indicators
Report
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2944_5327-17501--,00.html
Healthy Michigan 2010 Report
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Healthy_Michigan_2010_1_88117_7.pdf
Michigan Surgeon General’s
Prescription for a Healthier Michigan
Strategic Priority: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles includes arresting
adult and pediatric obesity.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mirx5404_90138_7.pdf
Michigan Department of
Education
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
http://www.emc.cmich.edu/YRBS/
Michigan Fitness Foundation
The Economic Cost of Physical Inactivity in Michigan
http://www.michiganfitness.org/indexpagedownloads/CostofInactivity.pdf
Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report (MMWR)
Public Health Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Overweight
and Obesity in School and Worksite Settings - A Report on Recommendations
of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services – October
7, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5410.pdf
National Academy for State
Health Policy
Enhancing State and Local Capacity to Promote Healthy
Weight in Children: Addressing Disparities in the Real World
and State Approaches to Childhood Obesity: A Snapshot of Promising
Practices and Lessons Learned [Additional
Resources]
http://www.nashp.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=B3EB40B5-6912-4EE0-8997848D7B04AC03
National Conference of
State Legislatures
Childhood Obesity – 2005 Update and Overview of Policy
Options. Database that is useful for looking up state legislation
on health topics.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/ChildhoodObesity-2005.htm
The Surgeon General
Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
To help tackle what FDA is calling the "nation's obesity
epidemic," the agency released, on March 12, 2004, the final
report of its Obesity Working Group.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/obesity/
