Obesity Prevention Project

The NASBE Obesity Prevention project is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Leadership for Healthy Communities national program to help reverse the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. The project assists state boards of education and other state policymakers in their efforts to create healthier communities to reduce rates of childhood obesity, especially among students at high risk for obesity. Through the project, NASBE champions obesity prevention in 14 states by encouraging the development of policy action plans for state-level education officials. To assess community needs, the Obesity Prevention project plans to conduct an online survey that measures the progress of policy action plans developed by state teams. To expand its network and disseminate key information, NASBE hosts an Obesity Prevention Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas on July 10-11 for the 14 state teams, conducts site visits, holds web networking meetings, provides technical assistance to state leaders and issues publications such as its planned Obesity Policy Guide, a revised Obesity Prevention edition of The State Education Standard, and its issue brief on obesity prevention policies.
Obesity Prevention Symposium Presentations (2008) Print E-mail
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State and local education leaders were convened by NASBE’s Obesity Prevention Project, in partnership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA), for two days at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas to review, amend, and renew their ongoing efforts to establish school policies that promote student health and prevent obesity. The participants are part of individual state teams that attended a NASBE school health planning symposium last year. The teams are composed of a state board of education member, the state director of school health programs, the state school food service director, and a state school board association member. The teams reviewed their progress in meeting their state's previously established school health goals, added physical activity and vulnerable populations into the plans, reviewed the latest research in obesity prevention, shared their experiences, and heard from national experts.

Here are the PowerPoints presented at the NASBE-NSBA Obesity Prevention Policy Symposium. Actual files of the presentations will be made available to participants in the near future. Our thanks again to all of our presenters who helped make this event a true success.
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Project Grant Awarded Print E-mail

news.pngIn 2007 NASBE was awarded a two-year grant under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Leadership for Healthy Communities national program to help reverse the growing epidemic of childhood obesity.

The NASBE Obesity Prevention Project assists state boards of education and other state policymakers in their efforts to create healthier communities to reduce rates of childhood obesity, especially among students at high risk for obesity.