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Weight of the Nation — Moving Forward, Reversing the Trend
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
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Weight of the Nation (WON) is a national forum for obesity prevention leaders who are “game changers” — those who are leading the field of innovative obesity prevention practice — to provide opportunities to expand and advance evidence-based and emerging solutions to the epidemic and brainstorm on collaborative efforts to apply these solutions in settings that reach individuals across the lifespan. WON is hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO). WON is unique for its conference style which focuses participants on population-level approaches that can be implemented in select settings and sectors and in its use of social media and long-distance training to increase participation and information dissemination.
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The CHSP is administered by CDC's NCCDPHP School Health Branch, formerly known as the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). In 2012, NCCDPHP reorganized and DASH was transferred to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP). Those programs within DASH that were specific to nutrition, physical activity, obesity, and asthma remained in NCCDPHP within the new School Health Branch of the new Division of Population Health.Google Scholar
In the 2012 NCCDPHP reorganization, the Division of Adult and Community Health (DACH) was split into two divisions: the Division of Community Health (DCH) and the Division of Population Health (DPH). The DCH continues to operate and manage NCCDPHP community health programs such as the Community Transformation Grants (CTG), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH), and the Healthy Communities Program. DCH also ran the communities initiative of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work program.Google Scholar
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“The Weight of the Nation” is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. Information on the documentary as well as links to the films are available at <http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/>. Subsequent to WON 2012, in May 2013, HBO expanded WOTN to include a three-part series emphasizing the efforts of children in helping to make their schools and neighborhoods safer, healthier places. These films are also available at <http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/> (last visited December 3, 2013)..+Subsequent+to+WON+2012,+in+May+2013,+HBO+expanded+WOTN+to+include+a+three-part+series+emphasizing+the+efforts+of+children+in+helping+to+make+their+schools+and+neighborhoods+safer,+healthier+places.+These+films+are+also+available+at+