There is an urgent need to address unhealthy dietary patterns at the population level. Poor
diet and physical inactivity are key drivers of the obesity pandemic, and they are among the …

Currently, an unhealthy diet is the largest modifiable factor in ill health and death globally.
One of the important contributors to unhealthy diets is the pervasiveness of unhealthy food …

Unhealthy diets can lead to various diseases, which in turn can translate into a bigger
burden for the state in the form of health services and lost production. Obesity alone has …

The food system is linked to some of the most pressing challenges of the day. It generates
some 30% of global climate changing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is the dominant …

Despite 2 decades of effort by the public health community to combat obesity, obesity rates
in the United States continue to rise. This lack of progress raises fundamental questions …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the recent obesity prevention–related
food policies initiated in countries worldwide. We searched and reviewed relevant research …

Background Interventions to promote healthy eating make a potentially powerful contribution
to the primary prevention of non communicable diseases. It is not known whether healthy …

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 …

Executive summary Unhealthy diets are responsible for millions of deaths and lost years of
good health annually. Urgent action is needed to stop the growing consumption of foods and …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review describes policy and regulatory strategies to
prevent obesity and summarizes worldwide progress and impediments to scaling up …