The MOVE!® Program: Evidence-Based Interventions to Decrease Overweight and Obesity Translated Into Practice

The U.S. overweight and obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions over the past few decades and present a significant threat to population health with a comorbid disease risk including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia, and stroke.(1-6) The National Health Examination Survey (NHES) (1960-1962) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (2005-2006) show the steepest rise in obesity and extreme obesity rates occurred in the 1980s through 1990s, resulting in an epidemic incidence and a continued problematic upward trend.