Report: What is the Current State of Obesity Solutions in the U.S.?

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Good news is happening in the obesity fight: Rates have fallen among low-income kids in several states, rates have plateaued among girls, and targeted efforts in some states have reduced childhood obesity rates.

Yet major problems remain.

Diseases associated with obesity continue to incur substantial costs and cause widespread human suffering. Substantial disparities in obesity rates are widening among Latinos and other population groups.

With a big need for solutions, a new report highlights some of the most innovative programs to prevent and treat obesity.

The report, The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States, is the result of a 2014 workshop by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Obesity Solutions.

The roundtable formed to engage leadership from multiple sectors—public health, health care, government, the food industry, education, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, and academia—to address the obesity crisis.

Among the group members is Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday and Salud America!, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded research network on Latino childhood obesity.

Read more about the report here.