obesity

In an improvement project, a measurement strategy gives your team the data to determine whether your changes are, in fact, leading to improvement. After 20 years of coaching teams in quality improvement, we’ve identified three questions that can help you leverage a successful measurement strategy. Question one: Do you have a “family of measures” that includes…

Since 1970, children’s obesity has more than tripled in the U.S. One in five school-aged children are now considered obese, which means that 20 percent of American children are at greater risk of chronic health conditions and social isolation, as well as developing heart disease, diabetes and multiple cancers later in life. Childhood obesity does…

In Medicaid-funded programs across the country, families are learning how to achieve a healthy weight through better nutrition and increased fitness. To maximize the benefits of these programs—and protect children from long-term health problems like increased risk for heart disease—NICHQ recently gathered insights from participating families on the best approaches to tackling obesity, which was…

As public health professionals, we are tasked with designing, implementing and evaluating programs and policies that are intended to improve population health. A critical part of this work is partnering with the families in communities we want to reach. This is the best way to try to understand what matters most to them and how…