Fetal medicine
6 Fetal medicine Chapter map Multidisciplinary collaboration is the key to fetal medicine. Good contraceptive advice is important for the young person, while assisted conception allows more couples the joy…
PEDIATRICS
28 Social marketing to prevent childhood obesity
Summary and recommendations for research and practice Social marketing is one of many tools available for changing behavior; it applies commercial marketing principles to achieve socially desirable goals. Seven overarching…
26 Community interventions—planning for sustainability
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…
33 Developing country perspectives on obesity prevention policies and practices
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…
21 Monitoring of childhood obesity
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…
22 Knowledge translation and exchange for obesity prevention
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…
10 Obesity prevention in primary school settings: evidence from intervention studies
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…
34 Preventing childhood obesity: looking forward Index
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…
25 Developing the political climate for action
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….
3 Childhood obesity prevention overview
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…
