 Goal: Address  Health issue  Accompanying research  Focus group or Susceptible population  Inferences  Supplementary numbers  How can the nurses be involved  Plan of action  How to explain positive outcomes

 What is considered to be a unhealthy dietary pattern?  Who are prone to be affected?  Why?  What can the outcomes be ?

 Value of facts  Healthy People 2020 Indicator

 Children  Pre-school (2-5 years)  Elementary School ( 6-12 years)  Middle and High School (13-19 years)

 Drastic increase in 1980s and 1990s  Stayed flat for the past 10 years  >One-third of age 2-19 years are obese  2008  Nearly 17% of age 2-19 years were obese  20% of age 6-11 years were obese (Table 1)

 Increased Medical cost in the past 10 years  1998 $78.5 billion  2008 $147 billion  Treating obesity is complex  Childhood obesity may lead to severe ravages

Age (in years) Total (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010).

Assessment Research CommunicationPolicy Advocacy

 Healthy Lunch Program in Schools  Say “No” to  Fried foods  High fructose foods  Vending machine snacks  Say “Yes” to  Cook from scratch  Freshly grown foods  Salad

 Measurement: BMI’s and diets  Starting and finishing calculations  Comparing both  Fortitude of accomplishment for the program  Implementing changes if necessary

 Shared finding within the community  Helpful tools  Interventions  Outcomes! Outcome! Outcomes!

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