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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Strategies to Prevent Obesity

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: October 2020

Workgroups: Nutrition and Weight Status Workgroup

This website offers data and resources for preventing and managing obesity, including: 

  • Consumer-facing information about obesity
  • Information and tools for health care providers
  • National and state-level data on obesity prevalence
  • Obesity-related strategies for state and local partners
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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the female breast cancer death rate — C‑04
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Obesity. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html.