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.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR TRANSLATING KNOWLEDGE OF FOUNDATIONAL DRIVERS OF OBESITY INTO PRACTICE
• ROUNDTABLE ON OBESITY SOLUTIONS
• Reviewers
• 1. Introduction
  • INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
  • ORGANIZATION OF THIS PROCEEDINGS
• 2. Shifting the Paradigm to Advance Obesity Solutions
  • SETTING THE STAGE
  • DISCUSSION
• 3. Academic and Workforce Structures That Dismantle Systemic Racism While Building an Evidence Base
  • PANEL DISCUSSION: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL RACISM ON OBESITY RESEARCH BY VIEWING THE ROLE OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AS A WORKPLACE
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
• 4. The Effect of Communications on Perceptions and Understanding of Obesity
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
  • STORIES DESIGNED TO CAMOUFLAGE OBESITY-RELATED HEALTH ISSUES: A CASE STUDY OF SODA MARKETING TO LATINOS
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
• 5. Changing the Conversation around Representation in Media and Body Image
  • WEIGHT ATTITUDES, REPRESENTATION OF OBESITY IN MEDIA, AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHANGING NORMS
  • THE IMPACT OF MARKETING AND MEDIA ON OBESITY
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
  • WORKSHOP WRAP-UP
• 6. Engaging Communities to Address Structural Drivers of Obesity
  • THE ROLE OF CAUSES OF AND CONTRIBUTORS TO OBESITY
  • EFFECTING OBESITY SOLUTIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY SYSTEMS CHANGE
• 7. Power Dynamics and Community as Complex Systems
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING STRUCTURAL RACISM
  • COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN HARLEM
  • COMMUNITY POWER BUILDING IN THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT'S BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
• 8. Moving toward Solutions: Understanding Community Dynamics in Relation to Power and Engagement
  • USING A COMMUNITY-ENGAGED APPROACH TO DEVELOP A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY
  • THE CONNECTICUT HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL SNAP-ED PROGRAM
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
• 9. Promising Initiatives to Build Community Power and Improve Health
  • WAI‘ANAE ‘OHANA SOCIAL SERVICES AND PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAMS
  • LOCAL MATTERS: PARTNERING FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
  • ADVANCING A PROGRESSIVE OBESITY AGENDA
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
  • WORKSHOP WRAP-UP AND CLOSING REMARKS
• 10. The Science, Strengths, and Limitations of Body Mass Index
  • THE SCIENCE, STRENGTHS, AND LIMITATIONS OF BODY MASS INDEX AS A MEASURE OF OBESITY
  • DISCUSSION
• 11. Progress in Obesity Solutions That Relate to Political, Economic, and Environmental Systems
  • POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
• 12. Progress in Obesity Solutions: Health Care Systems
  • INTERSECTIONALITY, OBESITY, AND UNDERREPRESENTED PATIENTS
  • COMPLEXITIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
• 13. Progress in Obesity Solutions: Sociocultural Systems
  • MEASURING STRUCTURAL RACISM FOR HEALTH POLICY
  • ENGAGING COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS HEALTH INEQUITIES
  • LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY: ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
  • PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
  • WORKSHOP WRAP-UP AND CLOSING REMARKS
• References
• A. Workshop Agendas
• B. Acronyms and Abbreviations
• C. Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee Members

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Translating knowledge of foundational drivers of obesity into practice: Proceedings of a workshop series. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26942.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/26942

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