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ReviewPublication 2016Cochrane Review: Strategies to Improve the Implementation of Obesity Prevention
Despite the existence of effective interventions and best-practice guideline recommendations for childcare services to implement …
Despite the existence of effective interventions and best-practice guideline recommendations for childcare services to implement policies, practices, and programs to promote child healthy eating, physical activity, and prevent unhealthy weight gain, many services fail to do so. The primary aim of the review was to examine the effectiveness of strategies aimed to improve the implementation of policies, practices, or programs by childcare services that promote child healthy eating, physical activity, and/or obesity prevention. The secondary…
Health Systems | Global | Evidence Synthesis | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Policy/Regulation | Clinical Care | Culture/Society | Education/Labor | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2015Strengthening Systems to Create Healthy Food Environments and Reduce Global Obesity
This series paper argued for a strengthening of accountability systems across all actors to substantially …
This series paper argued for a strengthening of accountability systems across all actors to substantially improve performance on obesity reduction. To achieve the World Health Organization’s target to halt the rise in obesity and diabetes, dramatic actions are needed to improve the healthiness of food environments. In view of the industry opposition and government reluctance to regulate for healthier food environments, quasi-regulatory approaches might achieve progress. A four step accountability framework (take the account, share…
Health Systems | Global | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Policy/Regulation | Global Governance | Climate/Environment | Food/Agriculture | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2015Child and Adolescent Obesity: Part of a Bigger Picture
This series paper stresses a need for the governance of food supply and food markets …
This series paper stresses a need for the governance of food supply and food markets to be improved and commercial activities subordinated to protect and promote children's health. The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen substantially worldwide in less than one generation. In the U.S., the average weight of a child has risen by more than 5 kg within three decades, to a point where a third of the country's children are overweight…
Health Systems | Global | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Social Determinants | Policy/Regulation | Culture/Society | Food/Agriculture | Government/Law | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2015Management of Obesity: Improvement of Training & Systems for Prevention & Care
This series paper notes that obesity poses an enormous clinical burden and that innovative treatment …
This series paper notes that obesity poses an enormous clinical burden and that innovative treatment and care-delivery strategies are needed. Although the caloric deficits achieved by increased awareness, policy, and environmental approaches have begun to achieve reductions in the prevalence of obesity in some countries, these approaches are insufficient to achieve weight loss in patients with severe obesity. In addition to biases and unfounded assumptions about patients with obesity, absence of training in behavior-change strategies…
Health Systems | Global | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Policy/Regulation | Business/Industry | Food/Agriculture | Government/Law | Health/Medicine
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