Obesity prevention in early child care settings: a bistate (Minnesota and Wisconsin) assessment of best practices, implementation difficulty, and barriers

MS Nanney, TL LaRowe, C Davey… - Health Education & …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… Provider responses from MN and WI were combined for this … substantial provider population
in MN and WI that reported “it … quality standards, including obesity prevention best practices. …

Community programs for obesity prevention: the Minnesota Heart Health Program

RW Jeffery - Obesity Research, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
… undesirable weight gains in those not yet obese and facilitate weight loss inthose who are.
To … to obesity prevention, community programs for obesity prevention that were devel- …

School wellness in Wisconsin: evaluating policies for practices to prevent pediatric obesity

L Weymouth, H Joyner, E Skalitzky… - Journal of School …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Policies remain fragmented and lack focus on obesity prevention practices; we identify … in
Wisconsin schools, as previous research in Minnesota18 and Connecticut13 has documented. …

[HTML][HTML] Peer Reviewed: Patterns of Childhood Obesity Prevention Legislation in the United States

RC Brownson, TK Boehmer, D Haire-Joshu… - Preventing chronic …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Because of the public's growing awareness of the childhood obesity epidemic, health policies
… This study identified and described state-level childhood obesity prevention legislation …

Obesity prevention in child care: a review of US state regulations

SE Benjamin, A Cradock, EM Walker, M Slining… - BMC Public Health, 2008 - Springer
… childhood obesity. Results of this review, coupled with a growing interest in obesity prevention
… and physical activity regulations related to obesity and could spark additional research in …

Evaluation of “Healthy Way to Grow”: An obesity prevention program in early care and education centers

MF Ramos, J Weber, JA Thompson, L Werk… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Springer
… Florida Prevention Initiative piloted multiple training approaches and obesity prevention focal
… Both the Nemours Florida Prevention Initiative and Healthy Way to Grow programs were …

[HTML][HTML] Peer reviewed: supporting obesity prevention in statewide quality rating and improvement systems: a review of state standards

NA Geary, CA Dooyema… - Preventing chronic disease, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… We compared states’ QRIS standards with 47 high-impact obesity prevention components
in Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for …

The school food environment and obesity prevention: progress over the last decade

E Welker, M Lott, M Story - Current obesity reports, 2016 - Springer
… Thus, childhood obesity prevention efforts often focus on altering the school food environment
as a mechanism for improving student dietary intake. This review examines the role …

Correlates of physical activity in young American Indian children: lessons learned from the Wisconsin Nutrition and Growth Study

A Adams, R Prince - Journal of Public Health Management and …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Wisconsin population. Data from the Indian Health Service indicate that among all AIs, those
in the Bemidji area (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and … barriers to obesity prevention at tribal sites. …

Wisconsin school wellness policies after federal legislation change: understanding key mechanisms of policy improvement

H Joyner, L Weymouth, E Skalitzky, S Hillert - Journal of the Academy of …, 2021 - Elsevier
obesity rates in Wisconsin establish the need for strong, localized policies to prevent obesity
… system as a critical setting for childhood obesity prevention, as students spend nearly half of …