Addressing Structural Racism, Bias, and Health Communications as Foundational Drivers of Obesity: A Workshop Series

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions convened a three-part workshop series that explored how structural racism, weight bias and stigma, and health communication intersect with obesity, gaps in the evidence base, and challenges and opportunities for long-term, systems-wide strategies needed to reduce the incidence and prevalence of obesity.

Through diverse examples across different levels and sectors of society, the workshops explored how to leverage the connections between these three drivers and innovative data-driven and policy approaches to inform actionable priorities for individuals, organizations, and policymakers to make lasting systems change.

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196 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-27599-7
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-27604-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26437

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions convened a virtual public workshop series to examine foundational drivers of obesity and discuss sustainable systems-wide changes that use three priority areas - biased mental models/social norms, structural racism, and health communication - to inform actionable priorities for individuals, organizations, and policy makers to reduce both the incidence and prevalence of obesity.

The final workshop of the series, Systems and Obesity: Advances and Innovations for Equitable Health and Well-Being, was held on October 28-29, 2021. Workshop sessions explored ways to use data for systems change; how systems applications can address structural barriers to obesity; using policy for obesity solutions and nutrition security; and engaging multiple sectors for systems change. The workshop also included a session that examined patient-provider communication about obesity treatment and offered solutions to improve those communications. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred at the workshop.

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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-29501-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26498

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Systems and Obesity: Advances and Innovations for Equitable Health and Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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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, Leveraging Health Communication, Data, and Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity, on June 22, 2021. The workshop, the second in a series of three workshops to examine foundational drivers of obesity and sustainable systems-wide changes to reduce the prevalence of obesity, explored strategies for leveraging health communication and data-informed, innovative approaches. Participants in the workshop discussed how health communication might enhance the understanding and the use of current modeling and data-driven efforts to advance obesity solutions; they also explored innovative data and policy approaches for obesity solutions. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred at the workshop.

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7 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-26833-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26341

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Leveraging Health Communication, Data, and Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual public workshop, Exploring Strategies for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity, on April 8, 2021. The workshop, the first in a series of three workshops to explore this broad topic, provided a foundational introductory session for the series that covered the intersection of biased mental models, stigma, weight bias, structural racism, and effective health communications with obesity solutions. Additional sessions discussed the intersection of structural racism and obesity in the context of housing and education and the intersection of biased mental models, stigma, weight bias, and obesity in the context of workplace and health care settings. This publication summarizes highlights of the presentations and discussions that occurred at the first workshop.

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8 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-08587-X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26260

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Strategies for Sustainable Systems-Wide Changes to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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