How could you work with parents, schools, and communities to target the development of obesity in children?
What will be an ideal response?
Interventions need to focus at many levels of the ecological system to prevent obesity.
Parents:
Offer children a wide range of choices of healthy foods
Encourage more outdoor play
Limit television, computer, and video game time to 2 hours per day unless used for homework
School:
Offer at least 30 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity
Provide healthy food options in lunch menus and eliminate unhealthy foods from vending machines
Communities:
Include more walking and biking routes to shops, parks, and schools
Provide more after-school recreational programs
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