Rural Obesity Prevention Toolkit

Welcome to the Rural Obesity Prevention Toolkit. It’s designed to help you evaluate opportunities for developing an obesity prevention program and provide resources and best practices developed by successful obesity prevention programs.

The toolkit is made up of several modules. Each concentrates on different aspects of obesity prevention programs. Modules also include resources for you to use in developing a program for your area.

• Module 1: Understanding Obesity
  Learn about rural obesity in the United States, so you can develop practical solutions to address it.
• Module 2: Creating an Obesity Prevention Program: Where to Begin
  First steps in creating a rural obesity prevention program.
• Module 3: Targeting Audiences
  Choosing the audience for your rural obesity prevention program.
• Module 4: Evidence-Based Interventions
  Evidence-based practices for addressing rural obesity.
• Module 5: Developing Interventions
  Using appropriate evidence-based interventions to meet your community's rural obesity prevention needs.
• Module 6: Addressing Obesity
  Rural obesity prevention strategies for health care providers, schools and communities.
• Module 7: Evaluating Efforts
  Evaluating rural obesity programs to help communities assess program effectiveness and build the evidence base for what works in rural communities.
• Module 8: Prevention Clearinghouse
  Examples of rural obesity programs that have been implemented in clinical, school, and community settings.