Translating Knowledge of Foundational Drivers of Obesity into Practice: A Workshop Series

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The National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted an April, July, and October, 2022 workshop series to explore the gaps in knowledge within the foundational drivers of obesity. Facilitating action will require improved health communication, deconstructing structural racism, and recognizing the biased mental models and social norms at odds with obesity solutions. Speakers discussed future research in evidence-based solutions and potential ways to translate current evidence into practice. This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the discussions held during the workshop.

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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-70203-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26942

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The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual public workshop, Defining Progress in Obesity Solutions through Structural Changes, on October 25, 2022. The workshop focused on methods to assess progress in addressing structural drivers of obesity. Presentations explored innovative approaches and performance indicators that could be used to gauge progress in obesity solutions as well as strategies to hold leaders and decision makers accountable. Workshop sessions covered topics such as the science, strengths, and limitations of body mass index (BMI), and a review of structural drivers of obesity in a variety of systems - political and economic, environmental, health care, and sociocultural - along with current approaches used to measure progress in those systems. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-70046-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26895

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Defining Progress in Obesity Solutions Through Structural Changes: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Obesity is a complex disease with multiple causes and contributors that should be targeted in interventions. The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a series of workshops on how to bridge evidence gaps within foundational drivers of obesity and translate knowledge towards actionable solutions. The second workshop in this series, Engaging Communities in Addressing Structural Drivers of Obesity, focused on community engagement in obesity solutions. It explored barriers and opportunities for community engagement and highlighted examples of community initiatives that emphasize the intersection of obesity with structural racism, bias and stigma, and health communication to address needs identified by communities and foster changes to support health and wellness. This Proceedings of a Workshop-In Brief summarizes the discussions held during the workshop.

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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-69628-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26787

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Engaging Communities in Addressing Structural Drivers of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions convened a workshop to uncover practical strategies to interventions for obesity. Experts explored the connections between structural racism, health communication, biased mental models/social norms, and obesity, and their interactions with the evidence base and workforce.

As the first workshop in a series, Translating Knowledge of Foundational Drivers of Obesity into Practice, audience members viewed several presentations and discussions exploring the aforementioned gaps in knowledge, future research in evidence-based solutions, and potential ways to translate current evidence to facilitate action. The event's final product, a causal systems map that depicted not only the drivers of obesity but also potential evidence-based solutions, was used to determine three crosscutting priority areas that the roundtable has since pursued, including through a three-part workshop series in 2021 - structural racism, biased mental models and social norms, and effective health communication.

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10 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-69250-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26681

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Targeting Structures, Communications, and Beliefs to Advance Practical Strategies for Obesity Solutions: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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