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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jan 6;19(10):2082–2088. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.328

Table 1.

Take Action intervention behavioral goals

Household-level
 1. Reduce total household television viewing time by half.
 2. Encourage each other to do 30 min of activity daily. Do some together.
 3. Limit availability of high calorie snack foods to one regular sized package per household member.
 4. Replace half of high calorie prepackaged meals with lower calorie versions.
 5. Limit the HH availability of sweetened drinks to ≤12 ounces per person.
 6. Make at least two fruits and three vegetables available and visible in your home for each person.
 7. Serve smaller food portions.
 8. Limit trips to fast food restaurants to ≤2 times per week.
 9. Make healthy choices when eating out.
Individual-level
 1. Limit televsion viewing.
 2. Be physically active for a total of 30 min or more each day.
 3. Limit consumption of high calorie snack foods (such as chips, cookies, or cake) to ≤1 per day.
 4. Replace half of your high calorie prepackaged meals with lower calorie versions.
 5. Limit sweetened drinks to ≤12 ounces per day.
 6. Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
 7. Eat smaller portions (“eat less”).
 8. Limit eating fast foods to ≤2 per week.
 9. Make healthy choices when eating out.
 10. Adults: weigh yourselves daily.