HEIGHTENING AWARENESS AND MODIFYING HEALTH BEHAVIOR

Before you begin this assignment, view the video from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, July 22). The Obesity Epidemic. Accessed from https://youtu.be/vCORDl4bqDE

For this component, you will describe current environmental strategies, practices, and recommendations to build and promote health. Your task is to submit a paper that responds to the following questions, NOT in a question/answer format:

1. Describe the problem of obesity in the United States and discuss the role of the built environment in exacerbating such problems.

2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with recommended prevention strategies to address the problem of obesity. Describe three environmental strategies related to food access that were highlighted in the video presentation.

3. Conduct a literature search and identify two community-level strategies that have been shown to increase physical activity. Be sure to cite your sources to support your perspective.

Length: 23 pages