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Obesity prevention in the early years: A mapping study of national policies in England from a behavioural science perspective

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Evidence indicates that early life is critical for determining future obesity risk. A sharper policy focus on pregnancy and early childhood could help improve obesity prevention efforts.
Helen Croker, Simon J. Russell, Aswathikutty Gireesh, Aida Bonham, Corinna Hawkes, Helen Bedford, Susan Michie, Russell M. Viner, Andrew Soundy   +8 more
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Negative growth: the future of obesity in Australia [PDF]

, 2014
This publication makes recommendations for a collaborative, coordinated and multi-level approach to tackle the urgent, complex and worsening problem of obesity in Australia.

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Knowledge exchange in the Pacific: The TROPIC (Translational Research into Obesity Prevention Policies for Communities) project

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Policies targeting obesogenic environments and behaviours are critical to counter rising obesity rates and lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Mavoa Helen, Waqa Gade, Moodie Marj, Kremer Peter, McCabe Marita, Snowdon Wendy, Swinburn Boyd   +6 more
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Criteria for EASO-collaborating centres for obesity management

, 2011
Obesity is recognised as a global epidemic and the most prevalent metabolic disease world-wide. Specialised obesity services, however, are not widely available in Europe, and obesity care can vary enormously across European regions.
Hermann Toplak, Tsigos, C., Volkan Yumuk, Yves Schutz, Yumuk, V., Schutz, Yves, Roman, Gabriela, Tsigos, Constantine, Dragan Micic, Maximo Maislos, Basdevant, A., Yumuk, Volkan, Nick Finer, Constantine Tsigos, Mathus-Vliegen, E., Schutz, Y., Barbara Zahorska-Markiewicz, Basdevant, Arnaud, Finer, N., Yumuk, Volkan Demirhan, Hainer, V., Finer, Nick, Roman, G., Arnaud Basdevant, Maislos, M., Micic, Dragan, Toplak, Hermann, Micic, D., Toplak, H., Gabriela Roman, Zahorska-Markiewicz, B., Mathus-Vliegen, Elisabeth, Zahorska-Markiewicz, Barbara, Elisabeth Mathus-Vliegen, Vojtech Hainer, Maislos, Maximo, Hainer, Vojtech   +36 more
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Association between Obesity and COVID-19: Insights from Social Media Content

Information, 2023
The adoption of emerging technologies in healthcare systems plays a crucial part in anti-obesity initiatives. COVID-19 has intensified the Body Mass Index (BMI) discourses in AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered social media.
Mohammed Alotaibi, Rajesh R. Pai, Sreejith Alathur, Naganna Chetty, Tareq Alhmiedat, Majed Aborokbah, Umar Albalawi, Ashraf Marie, Anas Bushnag, Vishal Kumar   +9 more
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Smart food policies for obesity prevention

The Lancet, 2015
Prevention of obesity requires policies that work. In this Series paper, we propose a new way to understand how food policies could be made to work more effectively for obesity prevention. Our approach draws on evidence from a range of disciplines (psychology, economics, and public health nutrition) to develop a theory of change to understand how food ...
Hawkes, Corinna, Smith, Trenton G., Jewell, Jo, Wardle, Jane, Hammond, Ross A., Friel, Sharon, Thow, Anne Marie, Kain Berkovic, Juliana   +7 more
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Qualitative Research About Attributions, Narratives, and Support for Obesity Policy, 2008

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2011
IntroductionSuccessful efforts to reduce obesity will require public policy strategies that target both individuals and external factors such as social conditions, economic circumstances, and physical environments.
Jeff Niederdeppe, PhD, Stephanie A. Robert, PhD, David A. Kindig, PhD   +2 more
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A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019)

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The UK government released Chapter 1 of the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016), followed by Chapter 2 (2018) and preliminary Chapter 3 was published for consultation in 2019 (hereon collectively ‘The Policy’). The stated policy aims
Naomi Griffin, Sophie M. Phillips, Frances Hillier-Brown, Jonathan Wistow, Hannah Fairbrother, Eleanor Holding, Katie Powell, Carolyn Summerbell   +7 more
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Using Concept Maps to compare obesity knowledge between policy makers and primary care researchers in Canada

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Knowledge transfer is the process of information sharing between researchers, knowledge users and policy makers. Globally, public policies about obesity do not reflect the complexity of what is known about the cause and effects of obesity.
Elizabeth Sturgiss, Thea Luig, Denise L. Campbell-Scherer, Richard Lewanczuk, Lee A. Green   +4 more
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A Rationale for Policy Intervention in Reducing Obesity [PDF]

AMA Journal of Ethics, 2010
From a behavioral-economics perspective, there is sufficient reason for policy interventions to curb the obesity rate in the U.S. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
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