General Resources

Model Local Obesity Prevention Resolution (ChangeLab Solutions)

The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity model obesity prevention resolution is designed to help communities implement policies to address the obesity epidemic by improving physical activity environments, healthy food access, and disparities in their community. This resolution also assists communities with promoting obesity prevention policies in their schools, parks and recreation, community and day care centers, the food and beverage industry, hospitals, and the workplace.

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Let's Move!

White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President

Action Kit for Municipal Leaders on Combating Childhood Obesity (National League of Cities)

Community Commons

PreventObesity.net

Youth Engagement Guide: Working with young people to prevent childhood obesity (Alliance for a Healthier Generation)

Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshop Series (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

The Eat Healthy ● Be Active Community Workshop Series builds on concepts from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 and 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans by providing detailed tips for how to put these recommended behaviors into practice. The workshops are designed to move participants from the “thinking” phase to taking desired health actions. Six one-hour community workshops were developed. Each workshop includes a lesson plan, learning objectives, talking points, hands-on activities, videos, and handouts (available in English and Spanish). The workshops are designed for community educators, health promoters, dietitians/nutritionists, cooperative extension agents, and others to teach to adults in a wide variety of community settings.

Download the workshops or presentations

Free print copies of the Eat Healthy ● Be Active Community Workshop guides may be ordered here.

Rural Obesity Toolkit (HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy)

Healthy Eating Active Living Cities Campaign Toolkit (Healthy Eating Active Living Cities Campaign)

Action Strategies Toolkit (Leadership for Healthy Communities)

Communities Putting Prevention to Work Resource Center (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

National Prevalence of Obesity Slide Deck (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Healthy Communities: What Local Government Can Do To Reduce or Prevent Obesity powerpoint (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

A Roadmap for Healthier General Plans (ChangeLab Solutions)

A community’s general plan can go a long way toward creating healthier neighborhoods – increasing opportunities to buy fresh foods, making it easier to walk and bike throughout the day, reducing crime and pollution, and more. The process of getting health-promoting policies into a general plan can seem daunting. But city planners, health department staff, local advocates, and others all have a role to play – and this planning process offers a critical opportunity to shape local development patterns for decades into the future. This roadmap highlights roles and strategies for key players to consider along the way.