Other Important CBPR Aspects • Recognize & highlight community assets & strengths – View community members as advisers & experts • Provide real service to communities by addressing the community's needs • Build & maintain respecting, trusting relationships within/across the community. – Develop relationships with opinion leaders in the community Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003
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Other Important CBPR Aspects
• Recognize & highlight community assets & strengths – View community members as advisers & experts
• Provide real service to communities by addressing the community's needs
• Build & maintain respecting, trusting relationships within/across the community. – Develop relationships with opinion leaders in the
community
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003
CBPR IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
CULTURAL RESPONSES TO OBESITY CULTURAL RESPONSES TO OBESITY (WELLNESS)(WELLNESS)
Children BORN TODAY HAVE A LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN THEIR PARENTS
• 1 in 3 will develop diabetes
• 3/5 if African American
• ½ if Hispanic
• > ½ if Native American
Portrait of an Overweight Child
Toxic Environment• Availability & affordability of high fat/high
carbohydrate food (fast food, soft drinks)
• Large portion sizes
• Marketing to children
• Fewer family meals
• TV, computers, video games
• Safety issue
• Decrease in physical educationSchwartz MB & Brownell KD, 2007
Dollars spent on U.S. food advertising in 2005
• Food, beverages, candy $7,313,200,000
• Restaurants & fast food $5,061,000,000
Advertising Age, 2006
Mixed messages
Obesity is caused by long-term positive energy balance
FatStores
~ 600 calories per day
Obesity Interventions• Current strategies are not containing the “diabesity”
(sedentary) epidemic
• Need to shift away from clinical view of obesity as personal disorder requiring medical Rx
• Understanding, measuring, & altering the “obesogenic” environment is critical
• Society has a key role in sharing with individuals the high “costs” of a healthy lifestyle change (maintenance)
A framework for obesity prevention
The Truth About TV (True or False)
• The average child watches about one hour of TV a day.TRUE or FALSE
• By the age of eighteen, the average child has seen about two-thousand murders on TV.
TRUE or FALSE• Children who watch three or more hours of TV a day are
more likely to be overweight than children who watch less than two hours a day.
TRUE or FALSE• Children who have a TV in their bedrooms are more likely to
be overweight.TRUE or FALSE
What is Screen-Time?
• Time spent in front of a screen:– TV (videos or DVDs)
– Computer (surfing the Internet, emailing, playing games)