In the past few months, childhood obesity has received a great deal of attention. Most
recently, the New South Wales and Victorian Health Ministers have announced …

To the Editor: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is increasing at an
alarming rate both in Australia and internationally (1). Recently published data from South …

There can be no doubt that obesity in children and adolescents has become an enormous
problem in Australia. Although we do not have up-to-date data on the true situation in …

The term'epidemic'is widely used to describe the impact of the growing prevalence of obesity
in many countries (1). Initially a problem in adults in westernised countries, obesity has now …

Overweight and obesity are considered 'wicked'challenges shaped by a complex interplay of
individual, behavioural, social and environmental factors. 1, 2 Of everincreasing concern …

The most recent Australian National Health Survey for the period 2007–2008 released in
May of this year paints a disturbing picture of the health burden of disease in Australia. 1 An …

The early 21st century has seen the development of a global epidemic of obesity in both
developed and developing countries. In Australia at least one in five children and …

Australia, together with many other parts of the world, is experiencing an epidemic of
obesity. Recent surveys have shown that 52% of adult women and 67% of adult men are …

For the last three or four decades obesity has been widely considered the major nutritional
disorder in the Western world, and over the past 20 years its incidence has increased …

Child obesity was described by the World Health Organisation in 1998 as one of the most
pressing public health issues of our time that requires an urgent and informed response.(1) …