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Reaching the Healthy People Goals for Reducing Childhood Obesity: Closing the Energy Gap
Background: The federal government has set measurable goals for reducing childhood obesity to 5% by 2010 (Healthy People 2010), and 10% lower than 2005–2008 levels by 2020 (Healthy People 2020). Howev...
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Y. Claire Wang,
C. Tracy Orleans,
Steven L. Gortmaker
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437-444
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Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Adiposity in English Children
Background: The importance of variation in total volume of physical activity or moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) to development of body fatness in childhood is unclear, and it ...
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Laura Basterfield,
Mark S. Pearce,
Ashley J. Adamson,
Jessica K. Frary,
Kathryn N. Parkinson,
Charlotte M. Wright,
John J. Reilly,
Gateshead Millennium Study Core Team
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445-451
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Physical Education Policy Compliance and Children's Physical Fitness
Background: Physical education policies have received increased attention as a means for improving physical activity levels, enhancing physical fitness, and contributing to childhood obesity preventio...
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Emma V. Sanchez-Vaznaugh,
Brisa N. Sánchez,
Lisa G. Rosas,
Jonggyu Baek,
Susan Egerter
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452-459
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Alcohol, and Mortality in Men: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study
Background: Studies have found that higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and light to moderate alcohol intake reduce the risk for premature death. Scant evidence, however, exists assessing the j...
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Kerem Shuval,
Carolyn E. Barlow,
Karen G. Chartier,
Kelley Pettee Gabriel
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460-467
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Safe in the City: Effective Prevention Interventions for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Background: The public health literature documents the efficacy–effectiveness gap between research and practice resulting from the research priority of demonstrating efficacy at the expense of testing...
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Camilla L. Harshbarger,
Lydia N. O'Donnell,
Lee Warner,
Andrew D. Margolis,
Doug B. Richardson,
Sharon R. Novey,
LaShon C. Glover,
Jeffrey D. Klausner,
C. Kevin Malotte,
Cornelis A. Rietmeijer
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468-472
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Health Indicators for Military, Veteran, and Civilian Women
Background: Women who have served in the military are a rapidly growing population. No previous studies have compared directly their health status to that of civilians. Purpose: To provide estimates o...
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Keren Lehavot,
Katherine D. Hoerster,
Karin M. Nelson,
Matthew Jakupcak,
Tracy L. Simpson
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473-480
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| Brief Reports |
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Successful Weight Loss Among Obese U.S. Adults
Background: Little is known about weight control strategies associated with successful weight loss among obese U.S. adults in the general population. Purpose: To identify strategies associated with lo...
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Jacinda M. Nicklas,
Karen W. Huskey,
Roger B. Davis,
Christina C. Wee
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481-485
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| Review and Special Articles |
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Physical Activity and Physical Fitness: Standardizing Assessment with the PhenX Toolkit
Abstract: The focus of the PhenX (Phenotypes and eXposures) Toolkit is to provide researchers whose expertise lies outside a particular area with key measures identified by experts for uniform use in ...
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William L. Haskell,
Richard P. Troiano,
Jane A. Hammond,
Michael J. Phillips,
Lisa C. Strader,
David X. Marquez,
Struan F. Grant,
Erin Ramos
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486-492
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Active Transport, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in Adults: A Systematic Review
Context: Physical activity has various health benefits. Active transport can contribute to total physical activity and thus affect body weight because of increased energy expenditure. This review summ...
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Miriam Wanner,
Thomas Götschi,
Eva Martin-Diener,
Sonja Kahlmeier,
Brian W. Martin
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493-502
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Retail Grocery Store Marketing Strategies and Obesity: An Integrative Review
Context: In-store food marketing can influence food-purchasing behaviors and warrants increased attention given the dramatic rise in obesity. Descriptive and experimental studies of key marketing comp...
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Karen Glanz,
Michael D.M. Bader,
Shally Iyer
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503-512
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| Theme: Geographic Information Systems and Childhood Obesity |
| Guest Editors: Stephen A. Matthews and Celeste Marie Torio |
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The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Childhood obesity is a serious public health epidemic. Childhood obesity rates have soared in just 4 decades, nearly tripling in children aged 2–5 years and 12–19 years, while quadrupling in children ...
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Celeste Marie Torio
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513-515
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Thinking About Place, Spatial Behavior, and Spatial Processes in Childhood Obesity
There is no single solution to the childhood obesity epidemic, but there is a need for transdisciplinary collaboration and approaches that consider the potential mechanisms that promote or reduce obes...
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Stephen A. Matthews
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516-520
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Obesogenic Environments in Youth: Concepts and Methods from a Longitudinal National Sample
Abstract: To effectively prevent and reduce childhood obesity through healthy community design, it is essential to understand which neighborhood environment features influence weight gain in various a...
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Janne Boone-Heinonen,
Penny Gordon-Larsen
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e37-e46
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Objective Assessment of Obesogenic Environments in Youth: Geographic Information System Methods and Spatial Findings from the Neighborhood Impact on Kids Study
Background: GIS-based walkability measures designed to explain active travel fail to capture “playability” and proximity to healthy food. These constructs should be considered when measuring potential...
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Lawrence D. Frank,
Brian E. Saelens,
James Chapman,
James F. Sallis,
Jacqueline Kerr,
Karen Glanz,
Sarah C. Couch,
Vincent Learnihan,
Chuan Zhou,
Trina Colburn,
Kelli L. Cain
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e47-e55
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Obesogenic Neighborhood Environments, Child and Parent Obesity: The Neighborhood Impact on Kids Study
Background: Identifying neighborhood environment attributes related to childhood obesity can inform environmental changes for obesity prevention. Purpose: To evaluate child and parent weight status ac...
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Brian E. Saelens,
James F. Sallis,
Lawrence D. Frank,
Sarah C. Couch,
Chuan Zhou,
Trina Colburn,
Kelli L. Cain,
James Chapman,
Karen Glanz
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e57-e64
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Patterns of Obesogenic Neighborhood Features and Adolescent Weight: A Comparison of Statistical Approaches
Background: Few studies have addressed the potential influence of neighborhood characteristics on adolescent obesity risk, and findings have been inconsistent. Purpose: Identify patterns among neighbo...
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Melanie M. Wall,
Nicole I. Larson,
Ann Forsyth,
David C. Van Riper,
Dan J. Graham,
Mary T. Story,
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
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e65-e75
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Fast Food and Obesity: A Spatial Analysis in a Large United Kingdom Population of Children Aged 13–15
Background: The childhood obesity epidemic is a current public health priority in many countries, and the consumption of fast food has been associated with obesity. Purpose: This study aims to assess ...
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Lorna K. Fraser,
Graham P. Clarke,
Janet E. Cade,
Kimberly L. Edwards
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e77-e85
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Spatial Classification of Youth Physical Activity Patterns
Background: Physical activity is an essential element in reducing the prevalence of obesity, but much is unknown about the intensity and location of physical activity among youth—this is important bec...
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Daniel G. Rainham,
Christopher J. Bates,
Chris M. Blanchard,
Trevor J. Dummer,
Sara F. Kirk,
Cindy L. Shearer
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e87-e96
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| Media Reviews and Reports |
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GIS and Public Health
GIS and Public Health serves as both a comprehensive textbook on spatial analysis within a public health context and as a resource for those learning independently about what geographic information sy...
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Lawrence D. Frank
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e97
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
When author Ken Jennings of Jeopardy! fame says about his book that it's not necessarily about maps, rather “… it's a book about people who like maps,” you start to understand his point that the world...
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Stephen A. Matthews
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e99-e100
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| Guide to Community Preventive Services |
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Recommendation from the Community Preventive Services Task Force for Use of Collaborative Care for the Management of Depressive Disorders
Summary: The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends collaborative care for management of depressive disorders, based on strong evidence of effectiveness in improving depression symptoms, ...
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Community Preventive Services Task Force
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521-524
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Collaborative Care to Improve the Management of Depressive Disorders: A Community Guide Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Context: To improve the quality of depression management, collaborative care models have been developed from the Chronic Care Model over the past 20 years. Collaborative care is a multicomponent, heal...
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Anilkrishna B. Thota,
Theresa Ann Sipe,
Guthrie J. Byard,
Carlos S. Zometa,
Robert A. Hahn,
Lela R. McKnight-Eily,
Daniel P. Chapman,
Ana F. Abraido-Lanza,
Jane L. Pearson,
Clinton W. Anderson,
Alan J. Gelenberg,
Kevin D. Hennessy,
Farifteh F. Duffy,
Mary E. Vernon-Smiley,
Donald E. Nease,
Samantha P. Williams,
Community Preventive Services Task Force
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525-538
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Economics of Collaborative Care for Management of Depressive Disorders: A Community Guide Systematic Review
Context: Major depressive disorders are frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated. Collaborative Care models developed from the Chronic Care Model during the past 20 years have improved the quality o...
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Verughese Jacob,
Sajal K. Chattopadhyay,
Theresa Ann Sipe,
Anilkrishna B. Thota,
Guthrie J. Byard,
Daniel P. Chapman,
Community Preventive Services Task Force
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539-549
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Collaborative Depression Care Models: From Development to Dissemination
In 1978 the first multi-site mental health epidemiologic study in the U.S. reported that more than 50% of community respondents with depressive disorders were treated exclusively within the primary ca...
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Wayne Katon
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550-552
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Systemic Organizational Change for the Collaborative Care Approach to Managing Depressive Disorders
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for depression in adults and adolescents in outpatient primary care settings when adequate systems are in place for efficient diagnosis, tr...
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Michael T. Compton
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553-555
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Clinical and Community Prevention and Treatment Service for Depression: A Whole Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
To capitalize on all the health benefits of providing evidence-based preventive services to individuals, there must be strategies that promote the delivery of these services at the population level. T...
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Ned Calonge
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556-557
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| Editorials and Commentary |
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Innovative Methods for Improving Measures of the Personal Environment
A popular adage in thinking about disease risk states that “your genes may load the gun, but your environment pulls the trigger.” Nearly a decade following the completion of the Human Genome Project, ...
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David M. Balshaw,
Richard K. Kwok
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558-559
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Implications of the Energy Gap for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity
The article by Wang and colleagues in this issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine provides important data that highlight the promise of prevention and raise the challenge of treatment in...
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William H. Dietz
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560-561
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Editorial Board
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Reaching the Healthy People Goals for Reducing Childhood Obesity Closing the Energy Gap
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Physical Activity and Physical Fitness Standardizing Assessment with the PhenX Toolkit
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