Course Conclusion

Upon reaching this page, you should have completed the following modules in the course:

• Module 2: Assessing
• Module 3: Intervening

If you have completed these modules—congratulations! Choose Concluding Activities in the left margin when you are ready to hear some final words of wisdom from the course authors about the ecological approach and to find out where to go from here.

Let's review the course objectives. Having completed this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the prevalence, trends, and consequences of childhood obesity
• Discuss the rationale for and process of applying an ecological approach for planning interventions to promote healthy eating and active living
• List key child and adult behaviors contributing to excessive weight gain in children
• Assess environmental factors contributing to excessive weight gain in children
• Assess and prioritize predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors related to excessive weight gain in children
• Discuss the rationale and approaches for building and facilitating effective collaborations for addressing nutrition issues
• Identify appropriate intervention methods and strategies for addressing priority predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors contributing to excessive weight gain in children
• Develop an action plan for addressing childhood obesity in your community

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