The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen substantially worldwide in
less than one generation. In the USA, the average weight of a child has risen by more than 5 …

Childhood obesity is a global public health challenge. Early prevention, particularly during
the first 1000 days, is advocated. Health professionals have a role to play in obesity …

The global obesity epidemic has been escalating for four decades, yet sustained prevention
efforts have barely begun. An emerging science that uses quantitative models has provided …

Introduction The childhood obesity epidemic continues in the US, and fiscal crises are
leading policymakers to ask not only whether an intervention works but also whether it offers …

The discipline of economics plays a varied role in informing the understanding of the
problem of obesity and the impact of different interventions aimed at addressing it. This …

The objective of this study was to assess from a societal perspective the cost‐effectiveness
of the Active After‐school Communities (AASC) program, a key plank of the former …

Background Obesity is one of the only modifiable risk factors for both incidence and
progression of Osteoarthritis (OA). So there is increasing interest from a public health …

Fat studies scholars challenge the notion of the “obesity epidemic,” explicating how “obesity”
discourse serves to shape our views of health and the body. It is argued that childhood …

Despite a large growth in funding for research and interventions, global rates of obesity
remain at high levels. A major reason is that obesity is complex; it is a condition affected by a …

The thesis develops a summative evaluation framework of the NOURISH Randomised
Controlled Trial, and applies this to a selection of maternal feeding choice outcomes of the …