title: Community interventions: a brief overview and their application to the obesity epidemic.
abstract: Community-based interventions built on theory and informed by community members produce potent, sustainable change. This intervention model mobilizes inherent community assets and pinpoints specific needs. Advancing community-based research to address obesity will require training of future leaders in this methodology, funding to conduct rigorous trials, and scientific acceptance of this model.
authors.affiliation: John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition, and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Christina D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Economos
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irish-Hauser
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003256:Community Participation / Q000639:trends*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D050177:Overweight; D012574:Schools