In 2008, the U.S. federal government issued fully approved physical activity guidelines for the first time. The idea that physical activity impacts health can be traced as far back as Hippocrates, and the science around the linkages between physical activity and health has continuously accumulated. On April 14-15, 2015, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a 2-day workshop to explore the state of the science regarding the impact of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity and to highlight innovative strategies for promoting physical activity across different segments of the population. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY: A WORKSHOP
• ROUNDTABLE ON OBESITY SOLUTIONS
• Reviewers
• 1. Introduction
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP AND THIS SUMMARY
  • WELCOMING REMARKS
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
  • KEYNOTE: DOES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAVE A ROLE IN REDUCING OBESITY?
  • DISPARITIES IN SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DIMENSIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 2. Physical Activity and Primary Prevention of Obesity in Youth
  • OVERVIEW
  • EVERYDAY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ITS ROLE IN PREVENTING OBESITY
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PEDIATRIC OBESITY PREVENTION: PUTTING SCIENCE TO WORK
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 3. Physical Activity and Primary Prevention of Obesity in Adults
  • OVERVIEW
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PREVENTION OF WEIGHT GAIN AND OBESITY IN ADULTS
  • EXERCISE AS AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING WEIGHT GAIN IN ADULTS: TRIAL EVIDENCE
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 4. Physical Activity-Related and -Induced Outcomes with Overweight and Obesity
  • OVERVIEW
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS PART OF COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION EFFORTS BASED ON THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXERCISE, AND YOUTH OBESITY: REFOCUSING EFFORTS FROM WEIGHT LOSS TO HEALTH GAINS
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS MAINTENANCE AND RELATED HEALTH OUTCOMES
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 5. Policy Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity
  • OVERVIEW
  • PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: AN INTRODUCTION
  • PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH POLICY: AN OVERVIEW
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT: A MULTISECTORAL REVIEW
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 6. Community Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity
  • OVERVIEW
  • BLUEPRINT FOR ACTIVE LIVING COMMUNITIES: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
  • RESEARCH TO ACTION: LEVERAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR POPULATION-WIDE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROMOTION
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 7. Institutional Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity
  • OVERVIEW
  • EVIDENCE-BASED AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR SCHOOL-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROMOTION AT THE WORKPLACE: DESIGN MATTERS
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 8. Implementation of Strategies That Promote Physical Activity
  • OVERVIEW
  • INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
  • SHAPE UP SISTERS
  • DC SCORES
  • EVERYBODY ACTIVE/TODOS ACTIVOS
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
• References
• APPENDIXES
  • A. Workshop Agenda
  • B. Perspectives on Disparities in Physical Activity
  • C. Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • D. Speaker Biographical Sketches

Rapporteur: Leslie Pray.

Suggested citation:

IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2015. Physical activity: Moving toward obesity solutions: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.