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The Interplay of Community Trauma, Diet, and Physical Activity: Solutions for Public Health

By Howard Pinderhughes, PhD,

University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing

August 7, 2017

DISCUSSION PAPER Perspectives | Expert Voices in Health & Health Care

Diet- and activity-related illnesses—such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and type 2 diabetes—can shorten life spans and adversely impact quality of life. Over the past 15 years, the public health field has made important progress in addressing these illnesses by shifting the focus from individual behavior to the broader social and economic forces that shape health [1]. There is now widespread agreement among experts in the field that in order to improve health outcomes and reduce the impact of these illnesses, we must pursue strategies, practices, and policies that are multifaceted, comprehensive, and focused on community- and institutional-level change [1].

Full paper here: https://nam.edu/wp-content/upl...hysical-Activity.pdf

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