Hillary Fulton, Program Officer, Colorado Health Foundation
From a comfortable distance, the solution to the childhood obesity problem sounds deceptively easy: children need to move more and eat healthier foods. Yet, as you examine the many causes of childhood obesity, the simple solution is not quite as simple as it sounds. Encouraging children to adopt healthy habits is challenging because unhealthy eating and sedentary lifestyles are engrained in our culture.
11/15/2010 — 251KB
Focus Area(s): Health Equity and Social Justice, Population Health
Related Topic(s): Children and Families, Healthy Eating and Active Living