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Obesity Prevention and Control: Interventions in Community Settings

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Reviewed interventions include programs designed to reduce screen time, technology-based strategies, and interventions specific to worksite and school settings.

Summary of Task Force Recommendations & Findings

This table lists interventions reviewed by the Community Guide, with Task Force findings for each (definitions of findings). Click on an underlined intervention title for a summary of the review.

Interventions to reduce screen time (e.g., time in front of a TV, computer monitor)
Behavioral interventions to reduce screen time Recommended
Mass media interventions to reduce screen time Insufficient Evidence
Technology-supported interventions (e.g., computer or web applications)
Multicomponent coaching or counseling interventions:
To reduce weight Recommended
To maintain weight loss Recommended
Interventions in specific settings
Worksite programs Recommended
School-based programs Insufficient Evidence



Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.

Sample Citation

The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation:
Guide to Community Preventive Services.  Obesity prevention and control: interventions in community settings. www.thecommunityguide.org/obesity/communitysettings.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.