000007703 001__ 7703 000007703 005__ 20240124114250.0 000007703 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/w37637492 000007703 037__ $$aETD 000007703 245__ $$aMore than your nutrition 101: exploring systemic causes of childhood obesity 000007703 260__ $$bMarylhurst University: Oregon Health and Science University 000007703 269__ $$a2016 000007703 336__ $$aThesis 000007703 502__ $$gFood Systems & Society 000007703 520__ $$aObesity is unequally distributed by class and race, and with this I begin to inquire further about what is being done to address these differences. In this thesis I explore childhood obesity interventions, asking to what extent current pediatric healthcare efforts are addressing the structural inequalities experienced by children who are diagnosed as overweight or obese. I utilize a case study approach comparing (1) Children's Hospital Oakland programs HEAL and Camp FUN and to (2) Children's Hospital Boston programs New Balance Foundation and OWL (Optimal Weight for Life) Programs with the goal of examining to what extent these outpatient initiatives address obesity as a public health issue. Although childhood obesity is often described as a public health issue, my approach to inquiry is based on challenging individual based intervention, primarily focusing on one's diet and exercise or activity level as a sole strategy for success. To do so, I argue that these initiatives need to prioritize community capitals (social, cultural, built, financial, political, human, and natural capitals), and the Sociological Ecological theory to encourage food system interventions to address the external drivers that lead to the high prevalence of obesity in low income communities of color. I also discuss how there is a higher disparity within low income demographics of color, and how this is a prime example of systemic injustices that is apparent in communities experiencing food insecurity. 000007703 650__ $$aFood Insecurity$$013447 000007703 6531_ $$achildhood obesity 000007703 6531_ $$acommunity capital frameworks (ccf) 000007703 6531_ $$asociological ecological model (sem) 000007703 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine 000007703 692__ $$aGraduate Programs in Human Nutrition 000007703 7001_ $$aTesfaye, Mika M. 000007703 8564_ $$99b8acb35-2139-473f-8913-12e35a3fbe1c$$s634183$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7703/files/Tesfaye.Mika.2016.pdf 000007703 905__ $$a/rest/prod/w3/76/37/49/w37637492 000007703 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:7703$$pstudent-work 000007703 980__ $$aFood Systems & Society