Kansas Health Institute | Information For Policy Makers. Health for Kansans.

Obesity is recognized as a public health problem, but has it also become a public policy problem that demands the attention of policymakers? This report focuses on the consequences of obesity, both to individuals and to the population as a whole. It also discusses the importance of establishing obesity prevention as a topic on the state policy agenda, and introduces programs that can help reduce the prevalence of obesity in society.