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North Carolina's Pediatric Obesity Clinician Reference Guide and Tool Kit
(2009-07-27)
This poster presents the tools developed by clinicians treating childhood obesity in North Carolina. The history of the development of these tools is outlined at the end of the accompanying abstract submission to the ...
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Plays a Role in the Eat Smart Move More North Carolina Movement
(2009)
Pitt County Memorial Hospital is taking the "Journey to Excellence" and as part of that journey, is creating a culture of wellness. This paper describes those efforts as well as the criteria for healthy food. Data ...
North Carolina's Plan to Address Obesity: Healthy Weight and Healthy Communities
(2013-02-07)
This presentation describes the 2013-2020 NC Obesity Plan. Evidence based core behaviors are described as well as strategies for encouraging the adoption of those behaviors in worksites, health care and colleges and ...
The UHS Nutrition Initiative: Enhancing the ability of patients, employees and the community to "Eat Smart and Move More"
(2005)
This article describes the obesity problem in eastern North Carolina and the responses that the Pitt County Memorial Hospital is taking locally to change policies and environments.
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
(2013-04)
The paper describes the journey taken by Vidant Health (formerly University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina) to create a healthy eating environmnet on its entire campus. Vidant Health was among the first hospitals in ...
Take Off 4-Health Healthy Lifestyle Camp Nutrition Education Curriculum
(2009-06-09)
Summer camps designed to produce weight loss are popular childhood obesity interventions. Nutrition education is a critical component of youth weight loss camps and we will present the curriculum developed for a 3 week ...
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
(2012-10)
This paper documents the steps Vidant Health took from 2003 to 2012 in creating a healthy food environment. It describes criteria for foods to be sold/provided to employees and visitors. It provides a rationale for selecting ...
IN4Kids: data from a study of RD integration into primary care
(2010-03-10)
Research indicates barriers to PCPs recognizing and counseling overweight children and their families, including lack of: knowledge about nutritional guidance, time to provide services, reimbursement, and skills in working ...
Participation in Community-Originated Interventions is Associated with Positive Changes in Weight Status and Health Behaviors in Youth
(2012-04-13)
Purpose. To assess changes in children’s health behaviors and weight status after participation in community-originated interventions.
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Healthy Hospital Food Environment: the PCMH Story.
(2006)
This paper describes Pitt Memorial Hospital's response to the call to become a healthy worksite. It describes the hospital's effots to partner in the North Carolina Plan to Prevent Overweight and Obesity and Related Chronic ...