Community‐Level Obesity Prevention Initiatives

Abstract

The article discusses initiatives to prevent obesity in communities across the U.S., focusing on changes to the environment and policy on food and physical activity. Some changes include levying taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, removal of unhealthy foods from vending machines in schools, and increasing the availability of healthy food/beverage options at public venues. Other topics of the article include the sponsoring of initiatives by foundations such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente, the impact of public health initiatives, and strategies to improve initiatives such as focusing on youths, using multiple strategies on one population, and using sustainable strategies.