TABLE 3.

New strategies for primordial prevention of early childhood obesity

Domain	Recommendation
Support for early breastfeeding	Increase proportion of deliveries at Baby-Friendly Hospitals
	Extend support for breastfeeding for first 6 mo of life
Focus attention on growth in first 2 y of life	Family screening for newborns at increased risk of development of obesity
	Monitor crossing of height-for-length percentiles in first 2 y of life
	Family-based feeding interventions
Reduce consumption of added sugars in children's diets	Target reduction of added sugars to <12 g daily for first 3 y of life
	Reduce fruit juice intake in first years of life
Improve dietary quality and availability	Subsidize fruit and vegetables
Invest in nutritional support for highest risk populations	Expand SNAP food supplementation benefits
	Increased support for food banks
Reduce obesity among adolescent females	Educational and activity programs
	Require physical education throughout high school
	Ensure healthy options for school lunch and afterschool programs
	Food delivery programs for highest risk adolescents
Increase efforts to reduce exposure to environmental obesogens	Restrict pesticide usage
	Reduce exposure to environmental obesogens
	Invest in research regarding obesogens effects during pregnancy and early childhood

SNAP, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.