Summary and recommendations for research and practice Well-evaluated community-based obesity prevention programs are needed to provide the evidence of effectiveness of such approaches. Selection of priority communities for program implementation…

Summary and recommendations for research and practice Developing countries are faced with the double burden of malnutrition. However, as income rises, the problem of obesity becomes progressively more important. In…

Summary and recommendations for research and practice Definitions distinguish between monitoring and screening. Monitoring is purposive, systematic measuring to determine trends over time, variation between populations or places, and so…

Summary and recommendations for research and practice Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) processes are intended to facilitate the creation and application of knowledge. To best support obesity prevention knowledge translation…

Summary and recommendations for practice Interventions should be complex and ecological in nature, addressing the multiple and interactive influences on obesity, of which the primary school is one part. Interventions…

Introduction As the foregoing chapters indicate, obesity has become a prevalent disease among children and adolescents worldwide and in most countries, the prevalence continues to increase. The causes of childhood…

Summary and recommendations for practice Key elements in converting academic analyses into policy implementation Prepare groundwork by producing coherent evidence, reports and briefing papers, to promote public and political awareness….

Summary The childhood obesity epidemic demands a concerted prevention effort from governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. A life-course approach to preventing childhood obesity provides multiple opportunities…