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Childhood Obesity Tools and Resources
The State of City Leadership for Children and Families: Innovations and Trends in Community Wellness
The State of City Leadership for Children and Families is a groundbreaking new report from NLC's Institute for Youth, Education, and Families that identifies the nation's most cutting-edge city strategies to help children and families thrive.
This chapter highlights the broad range of innovations and trends in municipal leadership around promoting community wellness.
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 Action Kit for Municipal Leaders on Combating Childhood Obesity (2006)
This action kit for municipal leaders offers a broad range of strategies cities can use to promote physical activity, healthy eating, and access to healthy foods to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
Recommendations in the action kit focus on forging partnerships with schools, making the most of out-of-school time, promoting access to nutritious foods, utilizing parks and recreation, and reshaping the physical environment. In addition, the kit contains numerous city examples, facts, and additional resources.
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Action Strategies Toolkit: A Guide for Local and State Leaders Working to Create Healthy Communities and Prevent Childhood Obesity (2009)
The Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit outlines numerous policy strategies designed to reduce childhood obesity and create healthier communities. Eleven of the nation’s most prominent policy-maker organizations were instrumental in creating this toolkit, and in the preface of this comprehensive resource, the organizations expressed their commitment to work collaboratively across levels of government to build healthier communities. Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was created to support local and state leaders nationwide in their efforts to promote healthy, active communities and access to affordable healthy foods.
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Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2004)
Published by the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, this comprehensive national strategy recommends specific actions for families, schools, industry, communities, and government.
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Financing Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs (2004)
This guide, published by the Finance Project, highlights relevant federal funding sources and other strategies of financing childhood obesity prevention programs.
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Active Living and Social Equity (2005)
This guide, published by the International City/County Management Association, describes how local managers, department heads, and local government staff can design healthy communities for all residents.
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Leading...To Promote Health and Wellness: Creating Community Through People, Parks and Programs (2003)
Published by the California Park and Recreation Society and the National Alliance for Youth Sports, this report recommends approaches that parks and recreation departments can take to combat youth obesity.
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 Nation's Cities Weekly Articles
NLC's Nation's Cities Weekly newspaper regularly features articles on how municipal leaders are working to combat childhood obesity.
View the Nation's Cities Weekly Archives for Articles About Childhood Obesity »
Audioconference Transcripts
The YEF Institute's monthly audioconference series features talk-show style discussions between Institute staff, national experts, and city leaders to highlight best practices in a broad range of program areas. The Institute makes transcripts of these calls available for local officials who are unable to dial into the calls.
Leadership for Healthy Communities
The YEF Institute participates in the Leadership for Healthy Communities partnership, an initiative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that seeks to support government leaders as they create and promote policies to enable active living, healthy eating, and access to healthy foods.
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