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Community Health Workers, drawn from the communities where they live, will promote positive health behaviors and outcomes in medically underserved areas in linguistically and culturally appropriate ways. (Sec. 5313) A new home visitation program will bring nurses into the homes of new moms to offer assistance on areas that could include child nutrition. (Sec. 2951) [Results] Interventions targeted to those communities most at risk for obesity will help get the best services to the areas of greatest need. [Fact] 
Certain populations have a higher risk of becoming obese Among families living below the federal poverty level, 44.8 percent of children are overweight or obese, while 22.8 percent of children living in families with incomes above 400 percent of poverty are overweight or obese. Recent data show that Hispanic and black high school students have obesity rates of 16.6 percent and 18.3 percent, respectively, which is significantly higher than the 10.8 percent of their white counterparts who are obese. Community health centers are a good place to find these at-risk children. A 2005 study showed that children who use community health centers come from populations that are at risk of being obese and collectively served nearly 5 million children in 2001. The availability of local healthy food options and fitness amenities—or lack thereof—are significantly related to obesity.
Tackling the Obesity Epidemic | Center for American Progress
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