Obesity prevention programs encourage children, adolescents and adults to adopt behaviors that promote better health.

List of Prevention Programs
There are prevention programs for individuals and groups, in the workplace, in schools and communities.

Prevention Programs in the Workplace:

• Partnership for a Healthy Workforce

Prevention Programs in Communities:

• CDC's State-based Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Chronic Diseases, Including Obesity
• Northwest Obesity Prevention Project
• Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better
• California's Project Lean
• Philadelphia's FitnessAge Challenge
• North Carolina's Eat Smart, Move More Campaign
• New York State Physical Activity Coalition

Tell Us About Your Program

• If you have a program that you would like to add to this page, please contact us.

Prevention Guidelines for Health Practitioners

• For healthcare practitioners interested in recommendations on preventive interventions for obesity, read the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd Edition, 1996.