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 Obesity and American Indians/Alaska Natives
Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation200 Independence Avenue S.W.Washington D.C. 20201Prepared by:Peggy Halpern, Ph.D.U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation200 Independence Avenue S.W.Washington D.C. 20201April, 2007This report was produced under the direction of Jerry Regier, Principal Deputy/Assistant Secretaryfor Planning and Evaluation. This report is availableonline at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/AI-AN-obesity 
 
 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author, Peggy Halpern of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation(ASPE), would like to acknowledge the assistance of many individuals who contributed to thisreport. Key informants from various government agencies gave generously of their time and provided a wealth of information about their current activities. These informants are listed in thereference section at the end of each agency’s write-up.Contributing agencies from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services include theIndian Health Service; the National Institutes of Health including the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Heart and Lung andBlood Institute (NHLB); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and the Office onWomen’s Health. In addition the U.S. Department of Agriculture contributed.Special thanks to Candace Jones and Dealva Honahnie who facilitated the author’s site visit tothe Gila River Indian Community and to Loren Ellery and Carol Schurz from Gila River 
 
whoorganized and facilitated the site visit. Key informants from the Tribe, the Health Corporation,and NIDDK’s Phoenix Branch are listed in the reference section of the Gila River write-up.Thanks to staff from ASPE who contributed to the development and review of this report. CantaPian, director, Division of Economic Support for Families in ASPE supported the idea for andimplementation of this project from the very beginning as did Barbara Broman, Deputy to theDeputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy and Jerry Regier, Principal DeputyASPE. The author collaborated with staff from ASPE’s Office of Health Policy including TomHertz, Wilma Tilson, and Sue Clain who provided expertise and valuable feedback. Finally,special thanks to Jana Liebermann, librarian at ASPE’s Policy Information Center, who providedinvaluable assistance in obtaining research articles pertaining to obesity and AI/ANs throughoutthis project.iii
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