Preventing Childhood Obesity: A National Priority

Few studies testing potential solutions within diverse and
complex social and environmental contexts. However, the
health concerns are immediate and warrant urgent preventive
actions. What this report illustrates is that preventing
childhood obesity is a collective responsibility requiring
individual, family, community, corporate, and governmental
commitments. The key will be to implement
changes for this issue from many directions and at multiple
levels, and through collaboration with and between
many sectors.