Best Practices: Strategies recommended by the CDC for combating the obesity epidemic

• Community-wide initiatives (eg. BCBS “do” campaign)
• Personalized behavior-focused programs (self contracts with accountability partners)
• Physical Education in schools
• Social support (exercise buddies, walking groups)
• Designating attractive walking spaces
• Point of decision prompts (billboards next to elevators etc)

See www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/recommendations.htm

See “Say no strategies” from re-channeling the media