Fwd>Childhood obesity

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

I'm forwarding this from a colleague for your advice.

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Regards,

Laura Larsson
NLM Informatics Fellow, OHSU
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Clinical Faculty
Health Services, Box 357660
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195
larsson at u.washington.edu
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Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 12:39:03 -0400
From: "Pamela Hartnett" <HartnettP at dhmh.state.md.us>
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Subject: Childhood obesity
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I apologize for the cross-posting.

Here in Maryland we are in the process of designing a childhood obesity
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prevention intervention pilot  and a surveillance system.  Currently, we
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do not have any weight or health-behavior data on children.  We have
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little funding to support this ($23,000) but are committed to the
cause.  =
Are any other states involved in such endeavors?  Any guidance you could
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provide would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks.  Pam