CDC Initiatives to Prevent or Manage Childhood Obesity in Healthcare

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Healthcare providers and health systems can implement strategies that prevent or manage excess weight for health during childhood. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that children and adolescents aged 6 years and older be screened for obesity. The Task Force also recommends that those with obesity be offered or referred to family-centered, comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements in weight status.

CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity supports the following three initiatives related to family healthy weight healthcare programs:

Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Projects (CORD)

Implements evidence-based strategies for child obesity prevention and treatment in lower-income, diverse communities. Combined efforts from pediatric health care settings with public health interventions in schools, early care and education centers, and communities.

CORD 3.0

CORD 2.0

CORD 1.0

Clinical and Community Data Initiative (CODI)

CODI links data across clinical and community sectors to understand health risk factors, interventions & outcomes.

COMMIT!

COMMIT! implements clinical quality improvement and family healthy weight programs in Federally Qualified Health Centers.

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Page last reviewed: July 11, 2022
Content source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion