Policies to promote healthy eating in Europe: a structured review of policies and their effectiveness

S Capacci, M Mazzocchi, B Shankar… - Nutrition …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
This review provides a classification of public policies to promote healthier eating as well as
a structured mapping of existing measures in Europe. Complete coverage of alternative …

Reducing the environmental impact of dietary choice: Perspectives from a behavioural and social change approach

A Joyce, S Dixon, J Comfort… - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is recognised as a significant public health issue that will impact on food
security. One of the major contributors to global warming is the livestock industry, and …

Cluster-randomised trial to evaluate the 'Change for Life'mass media/social marketing campaign in the UK

H Croker, R Lucas, J Wardle - BMC Public Health, 2012 - Springer
Background Social marketing campaigns offer a promising approach to the prevention of
childhood obesity. Change4Life (C4L) is a national obesity prevention campaign in …

Socio-economic differences in takeaway food consumption among adults

K Miura, K Giskes, G Turrell - Public health nutrition, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo examine socio-economic differences in the frequency and types of takeaway
foods consumed. DesignA cross-sectional postal survey. SettingParticipants were asked …

Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging …

DA Kerr, CM Pollard, P Howat, EJ Delp, M Pickering… - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background Increasing intakes of fruits and vegetables intake, in tandem with reducing
consumption of energy-dense and nutrient poor foods and beverages are dietary priorities to …

Economic and health effects of fruit and vegetable advertising: Evidence from lab experiments

J Liaukonyte, BJ Rickard, HM Kaiser, AM Okrent… - Food Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
This study investigates consumer response to various types of advertising for fruits and
vegetables—a food category which health officials uniformly agree is significantly under …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence update on obesity prevention across the life-course

D Hector, L King, L Hardy, SG Alexis, L Hebden… - 2012 - bewegenismedicijn.nl
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Evidence Update, prepared for NSW Ministry of Health,
provides a summary of evidence on the prevention of overweight and obesity in order to …

Research to practice: application of an evidencebuilding framework to a childhood obesity prevention initiative in New South Wales

C Rissel, R Laws, A St George, D Hector… - … Promotion Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Issue addressed Building evidence‐based health promotion programs involves a number of
steps. This paper aims to develop a set of criteria for assessing the evidence available …

Who consumed 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day in 1986–1987 and in 2000–2001?

S Rogers, JA Pryer - Public Health Nutrition, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to describe who ate 5 or more portions of fruit and
vegetables per day ('compliers') in 1986–1987 and in 2000–2001. DesignWe used data …

Impact of awareness of the Japanese Food Guide Spinning Top on eating behaviour

K Takaizumi, K Harada, A Shibata… - Public Health …, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo investigate whether awareness of the Japanese Food Guide (JFG) can promote
changes in eating behaviour. DesignA longitudinal study was conducted in 2007 and 2009 …