Food environments influence dietary choices that can have a significant impact on the prevention of childhood obesity. Many food environment interventions have been undertaken at the school level but evidence of their effectiveness in the […]
In Sweden, child health care (CHC) nurses play a key role in preventing children’s overweight and obesity, and understanding underlying factors that influence these conversations is crucial to offer support to families. We interviewed 17 […]
Estimates reveal that one in eight of the world’s children aged between five and ten years is living with obesity. Given the long-term health, social and economic consequences of childhood obesity, it is urgent to […]
The study aimed to explore the extent to which built environments and mobility measures impact childhood obesity. For reasons of both data availability and due to the intrinsic aim of these measures being addressed to […]
Launched by Michelle Obama in collaboration with the Obama White House and the Partnership for a Healthier America, the Drink Up campaign was a social marketing campaign undertaken to encourage healthier behaviours and decrease the […]
The Danish Whole Grain case study highlights positive social marketing techniques to promote healthy diets and help address childhood obesity. To encourage the Danish population to consume more whole grains, a logo was launched in […]
Obesity prevention policies are becoming a priority for many governments. A narrative review conducted as part of the STOP project considered three contextual factors – cost, equity and social inequalities, and acceptability to stakeholders – […]
With childhood obesity becoming one of the most dramatic features of the global obesity epidemic, deploying economic tools to address obesity are widely considered. We conducted a study to assess the effects of a hypothetical […]
Childhood obesity is related to a higher risk of morbidity both during childhood and adulthood, and subsequent greater risk of premature mortality. We performed geospatial analyses on the urban environment to assess the role of […]
One of the main factors contributing to unhealthy diets, and by extension, to obesity, is unhealthy food environments, defined as the collective physical, economic, policy and sociocultural surroundings, opportunities and conditions that influence people’s food […]
