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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2012. Alliances for Obesity Prevention: Finding Common Ground: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13305.
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Acronyms

BMI body mass index
 
CCFC Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFSC Community Food Security Coalition
CHC Congressional Hunger Center
 
DoD U.S. Department of Defense
 
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EWG Environmental Working Group
 
FNS Food and Nutrition Service (of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
 
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 
IOM Institute of Medicine
 
NGA National Gardening Association
 
PAL National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues, Inc.
PCRM Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
 
RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
 
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Many organizations are making focused efforts to prevent obesity. To achieve their goals, accelerate their progress, and sustain their success, the assistance of many other individuals and groups--not all of them with a singular focus on obesity prevention--will be essential. In October 2011 the Institute of Medicine held a workshop that provided an opportunity for obesity prevention groups to hear from and hold discussions with many of these potential allies in obesity prevention. They explored common ground for joint activities and mutual successes and lessons learned from efforts at aligning diverse groups with goals in common.

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