St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities | Community-Wide Initiatives - Youth, Nutrition, & Fitness Initiatives Report

Houston - Harris County Youth Nutrition and Fitness Initiative (UNIT) in Houston's East End, April 2003

In September 2002, St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities commenced the Houston - Harris County Youth Nutrition and Fitness Initiative (UNIT) in Houston's East End. Thirty-one community and academic members participated in a series of seven planning dialogues for the design and implementation of a multi-phase intervention strategy to address the public health concern surrounding kids and obesity. The result of these meetings and subsequent work is a strategic, comprehensive, community-based program for the treatment and prevention of overweight children and adolescents.

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1.	Houston -- Harris County UNIT (title page 1 - page 8)
2.	Executive Summary (page 9 - 12)
3.	Introduction (page 13 - 18)
4.	Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Obesity in Texas (page 19-20)
5.	Working Group A, UNIT Project Design (page 21 - 24)
6.	Working Group B, Defining the Problem (page 25 - 44)
7.	Working Group C, Current Programs and Policies and Funding Streams (page 45 - 92)
8.	Working Group D, Action Strategies: Intervention, Implementation and Outcomes (page 93 - 100)
9.	Recommendations (page 101 - 102)
10.	References Cited (page 103 - 106)
11.	Appendices (page 107 - 118)
12.	Acknowledgements (page 119 - 120)