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Be in the know! Being an advocate for change brings a responsibility to be informed about the various policies proposed and current research. Click on the information below to learn more. Ask questions of those who can help initiate similar policies in your community or your child’s school, daycare center, after school care or summer camp program. Find out what is planned and what you can do to help.
Be sure to check back regularly for NEW additions!
- F as in Fat 2010 (RWJF) - NEW!
- Healthy Choices Healthy Children (SB 210) - NEW!
- Ohio Health Care Reform Initiatives (home page)
- Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation (Let's Move) - The White House
- Congressional Task Force to End Childhood Obesity
- U.S. National Physical Activity Plan
- Diabetes Cost Reduction Act (HB 81 - State of OH)
- Healthy Food, Healthy Communities (PolicyLink)
- Grocery Gap Executive Summary (PolicyLink )
- Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why it Matters- Full Report (PolicyLink)
- Healthy, Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010, Budget/overview (US Senate Ag Committee)
- Healthy, Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010, Promoting Health (US Senate Ag Comm)
- Healthy, Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010, Improving Program Mgmt (US Senate Ag Comm)
- The State of Childhood Obesity (Health Affairs)
- Role of Food Marketing (Health Affairs)
- Role of Agriculture (Health Affairs)
- Lessons from States (Health Affairs)
- Effects of Environment (Health Affairs)
- Speeding Up Progress (Health Affairs)
- USDA Food Environment Atlas
- How to Enforce a Wellness Policy (NPLAN)
- Creating a Healthy Food Zone around Schools (NPLAN)
- Livable Streets policy (City of Dayton)
- Surgeon General's Obesity Vision 2010
- Abnormal Lipid Levels in American Youth (CDC)
- County-level Obesity - National report
- Ohio’s Physical Activity Plan
- Ohio's Kids Fact Sheet (stats)
- Future Cost of Obesity report
- The Ohio Obesity Prevention Plan, Executive Summary (ODH)
- The Ohio Obesity Prevention Plan (ODH)
- Ohio Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan (PowerPoint presentation)
- Obesity in Children and Families across Ohio, brief (2008 Ohio Family Health Survey)
- Obesity in Children and Families across Ohio (2008 Ohio Family Health Survey)
- Building a more walking and bicycle-friendly city (Dayton)
- Improving the Health of All Americans by Focusing on the Early Years of Life (RWJF)
- Improving the Health of All Americans through Better Nutrition (RWJF)
- Perceived Health Challenges in the United States, National Survey Results
- Beyond Health Care: New Directions to a Healthier America
- Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States (CDC)
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable to Obesity
- Childhood Obesity: The Role of Health Policy
