This event is a closed session.

This event is a closed session.

On September 16th, 2019, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a workshop that provided an overview of the current communications environment and its impact on delivering information on obesity s...

The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a 75-minute webinar that explored the role of infant and early childhood nutrition (birth to <2 years of age) related to healthy growth and the prevention...

As a follow-up to the April 6 virtual workshop on an overview of complex systems science, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a virtual workshop on June 30 that explored systems and contributin...

In the United States, 36.5 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children and adolescents have obesity with certain racial/ethnic minority populations and individuals with lower socioeconomic status e...

Obesity is a global pandemic with rates at least doubling in more than 70 countries since 1980. Many countries now face a “double burden,” where undernutrition coexists with overnutrition. On October...

Obesity affects many women, children, and adolescents in the United States. In 2009, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council published Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the...

From recruitment to readiness, retention, resilience, and retirement, obesity affects the military every day. Between 2002 and 2011, the rate of obesity among active duty service members increased by...

How can investments in the built environment advance obesity solutions? On September 12, 2017, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a workshop that explored the roles built environment policies an...

Treatment for overweight and obesity raise some big questions: What works? What’s emerging? Who delivers it? And who pays for it? On April 6th, 2017, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a worksho...

Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 10 percent of the national health care budge...

In 2001, Surgeon General David Satcher issued a Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, putting the national spotlight on obesity for the first time. In response, the National A...