A review of environmental influences on food choices

N Larson, M Story - Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Diet-related environmental and policy interventions are being advocated at a
population level because individual change is more likely to be facilitated and sustained if …

[HTML][HTML] The global burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease …

H Dai, TA Alsalhe, N Chalghaf, M Riccò… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Obesity represents an urgent problem that needs to be properly addressed,
especially among children. Public and global health policy-and decision-makers need …

[HTML][HTML] Using natural experiments to improve public health evidence: a review of context and utility for obesity prevention

M Crane, E Bohn-Goldbaum, A Grunseit… - Health Research Policy …, 2020 - Springer
Background Natural experiments are increasingly valued as a way to assess the health
impact of health and non-health interventions when planned controlled experimental …

Changing the future of obesity: science, policy, and action

SL Gortmaker, BA Swinburn, D Levy, R Carter… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
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 …

Cost effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions: evidence and methods for CHOICES

SL Gortmaker, MW Long, SC Resch, ZJ Ward… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Public health campaigns and obesity-a critique

HL Walls, A Peeters, J Proietto, JJ McNeil - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Controlling obesity has become one of the highest priorities for public health
practitioners in developed countries. In the absence of safe, effective and widely accessible …

Integrated prevention of obesity and eating disorders: barriers, developments and opportunities

D Sánchez-Carracedo, D Neumark-Sztainer… - Public health …, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe serious consequences of obesity and eating disorders (ED), difficulties
encountered in treatment and the high prevalence of these conditions are important reasons …

Agricultural subsidies and the American obesity epidemic

C Franck, SM Grandi, MJ Eisenberg - American journal of preventive …, 2013 - Elsevier
Government-issued agricultural subsidies are worsening obesity trends in America. Current
agricultural policy remains largely uninformed by public health discourse. Although findings …

Inverse association between fruit and vegetable intake and BMI even after controlling for demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors

M Heo, RS Kim, J Wylie-Rosett, DB Allison… - Obesity facts, 2011 - karger.com
Objective: To estimate fruit and vegetable (FV) intake levels of US adult population and
evaluate the association between FV intake and BMI status after controlling for confounding …

[HTML][HTML] The association between dietary diversity score and general and abdominal obesity in Iranian children and adolescents

S Golpour-Hamedani, N Rafie, M Pourmasoumi… - BMC Endocrine …, 2020 - Springer
Background To evaluate the association between diet and disease, the consideration of a
whole diet has appeared to be more effective than the examination of single-nutrient intake …