PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jessica Schorr Saxe
TI  - Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and Decreasing Childhood Obesity: Increasing Physician Effectiveness Through Advocacy
AID  - 10.1370/afm.1263
DP  - 2011 Nov 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 546--548
VI  - 9
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/6/546.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/6/546.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2011 Nov 01; 9
AB  - Childhood obesity is a well-documented public health crisis. Even many children who are not overweight have inadequate physical activity, poor nutrition, excessive television and other screen time, or some combination thereof. The solution lies in the community. Environmental interventions are among the most effective for improving public health. In addition to addressing lifestyle issues in the office, physicians should advocate for environmental approaches. We can advocate at institutional, local, state, and federal levels through speaking, writing, and collaborating with others. In the United States, the timing is right to synergize with efforts such as the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity and the Surgeon General’s emphasis on changing the national conversation “from a negative one about obesity and illness” to a positive one about health and fitness.