Perspectives from United Kingdom and United States policy makers on obesity prevention
Subtitle: workshop summary
By: Paula Tarnapol Whitacre and Annina Catherine Burns, rapporteurs ; Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Burns, Annina Catherine; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention; National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780309150781
Subjects: Health Promotion; Government policy; Methods; Adolescent; Diet; Standards; Health Education; Congresses; Child; Schools; Prevention & control; Obesity; Public Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Scope of the problem; title: Government structures to address obesity; title: School meal policies; title: Physical activity and the built environment; title: National policies and programs; title: Local policies and programs; title: Concluding remarks.