The Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Project: Linking Public Health Initiatives and Primary Care Interventions Community-Wide To Prevent and Reduce Childhood Obesity

摘要

Childhood obesity is a serious national health problem with 17% of American youth living with obesity. In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) appropriated dollar25 million for a 4-year community-based study to determine whether an integrated model of primary care and public health services can improve underserved children's risk factors for obesity. In response, the CDC established the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) to meet the requirements of the ACA and address the call by expert groups for comprehensive, multilevel, multisetting approaches to prevent and reduce childhood obesity.This commentary introduces the nine articles in this issue that describe the research collaboration funded by the CDC.