The Healthy Communities Study (HCS), conducted between 2010 and 2016, tells a real‐world story of how childhood obesity prevention efforts have unfolded in 130 U.S. communities. The study documented nearly 10,000 current and past community policies and programs (CPPs) and assessed dietary and physical activity behaviors, weight, height, and waist circumference of more than 5,000, 4‐ to 15‐year‐old children. The articles in this HCS supplement describe the variables created to characterize the CPPs, CPP relationships with children's behavioral and weight status, other analyses of interest, and recruitment challenges. Findings suggest that many of the strategies being implemented work as intended to improve children's behaviors and weight status. However, of concern, findings also indicate lesser reach to children in demographic groups at highest risk of obesity. Overall, the HCS insights can guide the next phase of efforts to strengthen existing CPPs and motivate other, novel approaches to combating childhood obesity.

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补编概述：“健康社区研究”告诉我们有关美国社区预防儿童肥胖的信息。

2010年至2016年进行的健康社区研究（HCS）讲述了一个真实的故事，说明在130个美国社区中如何开展儿童肥胖预防工作。该研究记录了近10,000个当前和过去的社区政策和计划（CPP），并评估了5,000多名4至15岁儿童的饮食和体育锻炼行为，体重，身高和腰围。该HCS增刊中的文章描述了为表征CPP，CPP与儿童的行为和体重状况之间的关系，对兴趣的其他分析以及招聘挑战而创建的变量。研究结果表明，正在实施的许多策略旨在改善儿童的行为和体重状况。但是，值得关注的是 研究结果还表明，肥胖风险最高的人群中儿童接触的范围较小。总体而言，HCS的见解可以指导下一阶段的工作，以加强现有的CPP并激发其他新颖的方法来对抗儿童肥胖。