Alliances for Obesity Prevention : Finding Common Ground: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309224734, 9780309224727

Many organizations are making focused efforts to prevent obesity. To achieve their goals, accelerate their progress, and

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Alliances for Obesity Prevention : Finding Common Ground: Workshop Summary [1 ed.]
9780309224734, 9780309224727

Obesity is a major public health challenge. More than one-third of the U.S. adult population is considered obese, a figu

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This volume reports on discussions among multiple stakeholders about ways they might help transform health care in the U

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Childhood Obesity Prevention in Texas summarizes the information gathered at a workshop held February 5-6, 2009, in Aust

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As nations struggling to heal wounds of civil war and atrocity turn toward the model of reconciliation, Reconciliation i

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Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservativ

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In the early years of robotics and automated vehicles, the fight was against nature and not against a manifestly intelli

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Recent research suggests that obesity and excess weight can play a prominent role in the incidence and progression of va

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A collection of thirty-five essays and stories, Justice for Natives came together around the Oka crisis between Native p

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