• DOI:10.1037/e548732006-001
Corpus ID: 23647755

Public health strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity in school and worksite settings: a report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.

@article{Katz2005PublicHS,
  title={Public health strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity in school and worksite settings: a report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.},
  author={D. Katz and M. O’Connell and M. Yeh and H. Nawaz and V. Njike and L. Anderson and Stella Cory and W. Dietz},
  journal={MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports},
  year={2005},
  volume={54 RR-10},
  pages={
          1-12
        }
}

• D. Katz, M. O’Connell, +5 authors W. Dietz
• Published 2005
• Medicine
• MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports

Reducing morbidity and mortality related to overweight and obesity is a public health priority. Various interventions in school and worksite settings aim to maintain or achieve healthy weight. To identify effective strategies for weight control that can be implemented in these settings, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force) has conducted systematic reviews of the evidence on nutrition, physical activity, combinations of these interventions, and other behavioral… Expand

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