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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Strategies to Prevent Obesity

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: October 2020

Workgroups: Nutrition and Weight Status Workgroup

This website offers strategies for preventing and managing obesity. It notes that the obesity epidemic is a complex problem, and creating environments that support a healthy lifestyle requires an approach in which policymakers, state and local organizations, business and community leaders, schools and child care providers, and health care professionals work together. The site includes links to: 

  • Resources for state and local programs
  • Information about community efforts
  • Information and tools to help individuals make healthy lifestyle changes
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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the female breast cancer death rate — C‑04
Improving

Suggested Citation

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Overweight & obesity. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/strategies/index.html