A collection of expert commentaries about the impact of policies and programs, interviews with researchers about data releases, stories of communities taking action, and reports from places that have measured a decline in childhood obesity rates.
Preventing Childhood Obesity: What Will it Take?
“We are at a moment in our history where because of this crisis, we can change policies that will truly change the nature of our communities. We can transform our cities and towns into communities of opportunity and not communities that lead to the health consequences we’re seeing today.”
Survey of U.S. High School Students
In June 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System about high school students’ health behaviors. We asked Holly Hunt, Chief, CDC’s Healthy Schools, to provide some insight about the latest survey.