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Mission
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Provide leadership for the development of science-based solutions to weight related health problems |
Our Activities
Innovative
and Collaborative Research and Community Outreach Projects
- The prevention
of obesity in children
- The relationship
between food insecurity and obesity
- Size discrimination
and access to care
- Increasing access
to healthy, affordable foods
Practical
Tools and Resources for Researchers and the Community
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The
Children and Weight resource and training kits
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Fact
sheets and position papers
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A
website that features a searchable directory of professionals and
extensive annotated lists of programs, resources, surveys, scientific
literature, funding sources, organizations and links: www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh
Linking
University Resources with Community Based Projects
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Technical
assistance and resource center
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Community
project evaluation
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Listserv
and website
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Collaborative
research and outreach projects
Development
of Policy, Research and Action Priorities
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Pediatric
overweight: a review of the literature
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Determinants
of energy imbalance: a review of existing knowledge and recommendations
for future research and intervention
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Prevention
of type 2 diabetes in children-pathogenesis to public policy
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Improving
children’s academic performance, health and quality of life:
a top policy commitment in response to children’s obesity and
health crisis
Forums
for Dialogue and Information Dissemination
- The California
childhood obesity biannual conference
- Body image/size
discrimination conference series
- Periodic seminars
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