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Intergovernmental policy opportunities for childhood obesity prevention in Australia: Perspectives from senior officials.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundEarly childhood (from conception to five years) is a key life stage for interventions to prevent obesity. In the Australian Federation, policy responsibility for obesity prevention sits across all levels of government and several ...
Emma K Esdaile, Chris Rissel, Louise A Baur, Li Ming Wen, James Gillespie   +4 more
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Australian State and Territory Eclectic Approaches to Obesity Prevention in the Early Years: Policy Mapping and Perspectives of Senior Health Officials

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundThe international increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity has hastened in recent decades. This rise has coincided with the emergence of comorbidities in childhood—such as type II diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic ...
Emma K. Esdaile, Emma K. Esdaile, Emma K. Esdaile, James Gillespie, James Gillespie, Louise A. Baur, Louise A. Baur, Louise A. Baur, Louise A. Baur, Li Ming Wen, Li Ming Wen, Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Chris Rissel, Chris Rissel   +14 more
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Socio-economic accounting of inequalities in excess weight: a population-based analysis

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The prevalence of excess weight has been increasing globally in the last decades, affecting disproportionally adults from low socio-economic backgrounds and putting undue pressure on health systems and societal resources.
Paolo Candio, Fiorella Parra Mujica, Emma Frew   +2 more
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Obesity and Advertising Policy

, 2004
It is clear that Americans are getting fatter, both adults and children. This development has led some to call for a ban on food advertising directed at children. There are numerous practical and constitutional difficulties with such a policy. This article poses a more fundamental question - even if feasible, would restricting food advertising do ...
Todd J. Zywicki, Debra Holt, Maureen K. Ohlhausen   +2 more
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Promoting Effective School Policies for Childhood Overweight & Obesity Prevention in Lebanon [PDF]

, 2019
K2P Policy Briefs bring together global research evidence, local evidence and context-specific knowledge to inform deliberations about health policies and programmes.
Saleh, Rana, Nakkash, Rima, El-Jardali, Fadi   +2 more
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Municipal deprivation and cardiometabolic outcomes in Mexican adults: findings from ENSANUT 2021–2023

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Cardiometabolic diseases are rising rapidly in low- and middle-income countries. Managing them requires a full cascade of care: early detection, treatment, and long-term control.
David Contreras-Loya, Martín Romero-Martínez, Paola Abril Campos-Rivera, Héctor Arreola-Ornelas, Linda Morales-Juárez   +4 more
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Overweight and obesity among Indigenous children: individual and social determinants [PDF]

, 2014
Factors influencing obesity are not confined to the health portfolio, argues this paper. Instead the factors occur across portfolios including housing, education, employment, social welfare and community development.
Katherine Thurber, Anne-Marie Boxall, Krister Partel   +2 more
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Considerations for an Obesity Policy Research Agenda [PDF]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2009
The rise in obesity levels in the U.S. in the past several decades has been dramatic, with serious implications for public health and the economy. Experiences in tobacco control and other public health initiatives have shown that public policy may be a powerful tool to effect structural change to alter population-level behavior.
Robin A, McKinnon, C Tracy, Orleans, Shiriki K, Kumanyika, Debra, Haire-Joshu, Susan M, Krebs-Smith, Eric A, Finkelstein, Kelly D, Brownell, Joseph W, Thompson, Rachel, Ballard-Barbash   +8 more
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Fiscal policy levers to improve diets and prevent obesity [PDF]

, 2012
Preventing obesity is a high priority for Australian governments. While individuals have a responsibility to manage their own diet and weight, governments also have a role to play.
Anne Marie Thow
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Addressing the policy cacophony does not require more evidence: an argument for reframing obesity as caloric overconsumption

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Numerous policies have been proposed to address the public health problem of obesity, resulting in a policy cacophony. The noise of so many policy options renders it difficult for policymakers to determine which policies warrant implementation.
Shelley Jacob J
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