Organizations Represented on Council

Work Groups

Meeting Notices

Publications and Resources

Related Links

Publications and Resources

Obesity Prevention Fact Sheets

Caloric Balance
Increase Breastfeeding
Increase Physical Activity
Increase Fruit & Vegetable Consumption
Nutrition Interventions
Physical Activity Interventions
Prevent Obesity & Other Chronic Diseases
Reduce Television Viewing

Obesity Prevention Policy Briefs

Overweight Among School-Age Youth

Challenges & Opportunities for Missouri Schools

Healthy Foods & Beverages in Schools

Strategy for Reducing Obesity and Other Chronic Disease-Policy Interventions

Obesity Presentations:

The Farm Bill Presentation by Susan Roberts, JD, MS, RD April 30, 2007

MoCAN Workgroup Publications/Resources

Employers:

Healthcare:

Child & Adolescent Tool Kit for Health Care Providers

Adult Tool Kit for Health Care Providers

Free online CME for childhood obesity diagnosis and management, using the MoCAN child/adolescent obesity toolkit.
Brought to you by Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics in Kansas City.

Schools/Childcare:

Policymakers, educators, health professionals and parents working to curb the pandemic of childhood obesity now have a new tool at their disposal. Preventing Childhood Obesity: A School Health Policy Guide, a new publication from the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), distills volumes of the most recent developments in the field into an easy-to-access policy brief essential for education decisionmakers. See the press release and report.