Changing health behaviors: reducing obesity by applying lessons learned from the campaign to control tobacco use Changing health behaviors: reducing obesity by applying lessons learned from the campaign to control tobacco use

Collection: Health Policy and Services Research Series Title(s): Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute) Contributor(s): Flowers, Lynda Sinclair, Shelly Ann. AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization)) Publication: Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2010 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Health Behavior Obesity -- epidemiology Obesity -- prevention & control Risk Reduction Behavior Social Control Policies United States Genre(s): Technical Report Abstract: In November 2008, the AARP Public Policy Institute held an Innovation Roundtable, bringing together public health experts to discuss a range of issues related to the value of prevention. The discussion addressed efforts to control tobacco use and their applicability to reducing obesity. This Insight on the Issues expands on that discussion. Specifically, it discusses the growing problem of obesity, some lessons learned from the experience of the campaign to reduce smoking, some promising strategies for applying these lessons to the effort to reduce obesity and their success so far, and policy recommendations. Copyright: Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information) Extent: 25 p. Illustrations: Illustrations NLM Unique ID: 101535458 (See catalog record) Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101535458