Elevating the impact of nutrition and obesity policy research and evaluation.
NIH Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Two Democracy Plaza, Room 635, 6707 Democracy Blvd, MSC 5461, Bethesda, MD 20892-5461. Telephone: 301-594-7440. Email: sheila.fleischhacker@nih.gov.
Sheila
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Fleischhacker
University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington.
Jennifer J
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Otten
Brown School and Prevention Research Center in St Louis and Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
Elizabeth A
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Dodson
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland. At the time this essay was conceived, Mr. Siddiqi was with the Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Siddiqi
D057191:Capacity Building; D019058:Community Networks; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006302:Health Services Research; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011050:Policy Making; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods; D012108:Research Personnel; D013192:Staff Development