Policy Forum

Tipping the Scale: Policy Approaches Toward Healthy Living and Tackling the Obesity Epidemic

Program

Year after year, Americans make New Year's resolutions to lose weight. Some enjoy long-term success, while others experience weight increases or lose weight only to gain it back. Although many view the struggle with weight as a private concern, the steady rise in obesity—and obesity-related conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and depression—makes it a public health problem as well.

Are there ways that communities can promote healthy behaviors and quality-of-life enhancers such as bike paths and neighborhood parks? Are there effective ways to compete with misleading media images of fast food? Join us at this Policy Forum as our distinguished panelists consider alternative approaches to weight-related health challenges.

Featured Speakers

Kim Belshé, Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency

Deborah Cohen, Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation

Jot Condie, President & CEO, California Restaurant Association

Roland Sturm, Senior Economist, RAND Corporation

About RAND

RAND—an independent, nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis—has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 60 years. With a research staff consisting of some of the world's preeminent minds, RAND keeps policymakers ahead of the curve on the issues that matter most, such as health care, education, national security, civil justice, the environment, and more. No other institution tackles tough policy problems across so broad a spectrum.

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