📬 Delivery! #NCCOR’s July newsletter is here. Read our latest updates and childhood obesity-related publication and research news. Topics include the CDC’s new Early Childhood Nutrition Report, research on prevention interventions, and more. Read more: ow.ly/IN9K50WlN4O

🏫🚲 Walk or bike—active travel to school (ATS) can boost physical activity. It’s the dog days of summer, but it’s never too early to start thinking about ATS. Check out #NCCOR’s Youth ATS Initiative to improve public health surveillance of youth ATS: ow.ly/jVTH50Wahck

A new CDC report showed a 300% increase in the proportion of U.S. adolescents prescribed obesity medications in 2023 vs. 2020. Monitoring the use of these medications can help guide evidence-based adolescent obesity treatments. See the findings: bit.ly/40CsKnC

Numerous lifestyle factors drive childhood obesity rates. A new study found that screen time 🤳🏼 and insufficient sleep 💤 were independently and jointly associated with higher BMI in adolescents ages 9–10. Dive into the full study: bit.ly/3Umn6Cs

Is there a nutrition risk related to taking GLP-1 obesity medications? 💉💊 Explore this emerging topic in our webinar on 8/28 from 3-4 p.m. ET. Presenters will highlight the impact on diet, potential nutrient deficiencies, and more. Register now: bit.ly/46sqPWx

🏫 Public health students: learn more about food and nutrition security and ways you can support children’s health with Healthy Eating Research and NOPREN! Join their next Summer Speaker Series for Students on 8/6. Register and learn more: bit.ly/4fiWWKB

This just in 📩 #NCCOR’s August newsletter! Read our latest updates and childhood obesity-related publication and research news. Topics include the effects of GLP-1 medication use, obesity genetic testing, and more. Read the newsletter: ow.ly/gWtn50WApf4 #ResearchNews

The U.S. reached CDC’s Healthy People 2020 target goal of infants who are ever breastfed in 2014. But an #NCCOR webinar explored how some populations have not reached this goal. See the findings from the study below ⬇️ and watch the full webinar: bit.ly/3HpJ84w

⚕️GLP-1 obesity medications have shown to be effective in facilitating weight reduction—but what are their nutritional implications? Explore this emerging topic at our next webinar on 8/28 from 3-4 p.m. ET. Register here: bit.ly/46sqPWx #ConnectExplore #ChildhoodObesity

It’s National #Breastfeeding Month! Advance this critical part of early childhood nutrition with the help of #NCCOR. Use our Catalogue of Surveillance Systems to access datasets with variables for breastfeeding to support your next research project: ow.ly/FRpJ50WIjYz

📊 Latest data from CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey shows that ultra-processed foods made up 61.9% of calories consumed by youth ages 1–18 years vs. 53% for adults age 19+. See the results by age group and read the full brief: bit.ly/4mtofok

A study published in ACPM’s AJPM examined the prevalence of healthy behaviors—like adequate sleep and fruit consumption—among preschool age children. Results highlighted the important role of family and community factors in driving these behaviors: ow.ly/kacS50WIk5h

🔔 CDC’s latest results from its National Immunization Survey captured breastfeeding data among babies born in 2022. Highlights include: - 85.7% were ever breastfed - 27.9% were exclusively breastfed at 6 months See the stats: bit.ly/4lPJOyn #ChildhoodObesity

⏰ There’s still time to register for #NCCOR’s webinar on 8/28 @ 3 p.m. ET. This 1-hour webinar will highlight the nutritional risks associated with using GLP-1 obesity medications. Join the conversation—register now: bit.ly/46sqPWx #ConnectExplore

Keep up with #NCCOR this September for National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month! Read our latest article to see how together, we build evidence and advance practices to reduce childhood obesity in the United States: ow.ly/EZqK50WPHN5 #NCOAM #ChildhoodObesity

📰 Extra, extra! Read all about it in #NCCOR’s September newsletter. Check out the latest updates and childhood obesity-related publication and research news, like National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, student resources, and obesity-related genes: bit.ly/41xJDk1

🆕 NCCOR has a new tool just in time for the fall semester! Students and professors can use the OPUS learning guides, developed after our OPUS workshop series, for takeaways and lessons learned on the importance of PSE change to improve childhood health: nccor.org/student-hub/

💻 11 years and 59 webinars later, #NCCOR’s Connect & Explore webinar series continues to bring public health experts together to discuss emerging trends in childhood obesity. Explore topics like sleep, breastfeeding, nutritional risks of GLP-1s, and more: nccor.org/webinars/

💡⚙️The EPIS framework outlines 4 phases of implementation, and NCCOR has developed an Implementation Scorecard to help you move more efficiently through each phase! Download the scorecard and accompanying case study: bit.ly/46LTOTU

👟🏃‍♀️Celebrate National Walk to School Day with a walk, bike, or scoot to school today! Then check out NCCOR’s Youth Active Travel (ATS) to School Surveillance Initiative, which aims to address critical gaps in the surveillance of youth ATS: bit.ly/42HCdLn