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World Health Organization. (2024, March 1). Obesity and overweight. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
This is an overview from the World Health Organization (WHO) about obesity and overweight; it includes health consequences.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Consequences of obesity. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/basics/consequences.html
Provides an overview of the health and other consequences of obesity in the US.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (n.d.). Models and frameworks for the practice of community engagement. In Principles of Community Engagement - Second Edition. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/community-engagement/php/chapter-1/models-frameworks.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pce_models.html
This chapter provides a history and overview of the social ecological model of health.

Films on Demand. (2018). Socio-Ecological model in action [Video]. Films Media Group.
This video (10:48 minutes) explains and provides an example of the SEM in a physical activity program.

Aboueid, S., Pouliot, C., Nur, T., Bourgeault, I., & Giroux, I. (2019). Dietitians’ perspectives on patient barriers and enablers to weight management: An application of the social-ecological model. Nutrition & Dietetics. The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia, 76(3), 353–362.
This qualitative research explored dietitians’ perspectives on the factors that helped or hinder weight management on various levels of the social-ecological model.

Castellanos, D. C., Miller, B., & Zoellner, J. (2022). Contributing factors of sugar-sweetened beverage intake in the Latinx population: A narrative review using the social-ecological model. Health Education & Behavior, 49(5), 871–883.
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in the Latinx population is examined within a SEM framework.

Social Determinants of Health - Healthy People 2030. (2020). Health.gov. https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health
This webpage provides an overview of social determinants of health including a brief (2:33 minute) video overview with examples.

Johnson-Jennings, M. D., Reid, M., Jiang, L., Huyser, K. R., Brega, A. G., Steine, J. F., Manson, S. M., Chang, J., Fyfe-Johnson, A. L., Hiratsuka, V., Conway, C., & O’Connell, J. (2023). American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) adolescents and obesity: The influence of social determinants of health, mental health, and substance use. International Journal of Obesity, 47(4), 297–305. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01236-7
This article examines some social-level factors, known as social determinants of health, including Medicaid coverage, residing in a county with lower education attainment, residing in a county with higher rates of poverty, residing in a county with high access to a grocery store, and residing in a county with a higher proportion of AIANs as risk factors for obesity among AIAM adolescents.