Establishing consensus on key public health indicators for the monitoring and evaluating childhood obesity interventions: a Delphi panel study

S O'Donnell, G Doyle, G O'Malley, S Browne… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity is influenced by myriad individual, societal and
environmental factors that are not typically reflected in current interventions. Socio …

Overview of 71 European community-based initiatives against childhood obesity starting between 2005 and 2011: general characteristics and reported effects

WJE Bemelmans, TMA Wijnhoven, M Verschuuren… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Community-based initiatives (CBIs) on childhood obesity are
considered a good practice approach against childhood obesity. The European Commission …

Tools for a systematic appraisal of integrated community-based approaches to prevent childhood obesity

K Mantziki, CM Renders, MJ Westerman, J Mayer… - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Evaluation and monitoring methods are often unable to identify crucial
elements of success or failure of integrated community-wide approaches aiming to tackle …

[HTML][HTML] Public health interventions tackling childhood obesity at European level: A literature review

MK Chrissini, DB Panagiotakos - Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Childhood obesity pandemic, a form of malnutrition including undernutrition, and other food-
regime associated risks, has universally been on the rise during the chronic period of the …

Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids-'Go for your life'

A De Silva-Sanigorski, L Prosser, L Carpenter… - BMC Public Health, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background Kids-'Go for your life'(K-GFYL) is an award-based health promotion
program being implemented across Victoria, Australia. The program aims to reduce the risk …

The IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary-and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS) trial outcomes and process evaluations

I Pigeot, S De Henauw, T Baranowski - Obes Rev, 2015 - ars.usda.gov
Child obesity is a serious problem because it tracks and accumulates throughout childhood
and into adult years. Child obesity predicts child cardiovascular disease risks, which also …

Impact of a community-based pilot intervention to tackle childhood obesity: a 'whole-system approach'case study

EW Gadsby, S Hotham, T Eida, C Lawrence, R Merritt - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Go-Golborne was a three-year pilot programme to test an innovative,
community-based 'whole system'approach to preventing overweight in children in Golborne …

Translating an early childhood obesity prevention program for local community implementation: a case study of the Melbourne InFANT Program

R Laws, KD Hesketh, K Ball, C Cooper, K Vrljic… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background While there is a growing interest in the field of research translation, there are
few published examples of public health interventions that have been effectively scaled up …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping the health system response to childhood obesity in the WHO European Region: an overview and country perspectives

World Health Organization - 2019 - apps.who.int
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem globally, which could undermine
progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Prevention is recognized …

Environmental components of childhood obesity prevention interventions: an overview of systematic reviews

D Cauchi, K Glonti, M Petticrew, C Knai - Obesity Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood obesity has a complex multi‐factorial aetiology grounded in environmental and
individual level factors that affect behaviour and outcomes. An ecological, systems‐based …