Bridging the evidence gap in obesity prevention a framework to inform decision making / [electronic resource] : Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Lynn Parker, and Leslie J. Sim, editors. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010. - xiii, 322 p.

"Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making, Food and Nutrition Board."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Obesity prevention strategies in concept and practice -- Rationale for and overview of the L.E.A.D. framework -- Defining the problem : the importance of taking a systems perspective -- Specifying questions and locating evidence : an expanded view -- Evaluating evidence -- Assembling evidence and informing decisions -- Opportunities to generate evidence -- Next steps.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Obesity--Prevention.
Evidence-based medicine.
Outcome assessment (Medical care)


Electronic books.

RA645.O23 / B75 2010

362.196/398