What is the role of government policies in encouraging healthier food choices to fight the current overweight and … obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on … and proposes a four-track policy approach to encourage healthier food choices that is consistent with wider objectives for …

effective and cost-effective intervention for obesity prevention and control. Regarding nutrition labeling, current evidence … index (BMI) and obesity prevalence, nutrition labeling is considered a cost-effective intervention in many settings. Further …Implementation of evidence-based interventions to control obesity is regarded as a public health priority. In this …

food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the … people’s lifestyles have exacerbated the challenges of improving population diet and reducing obesity levels. …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of …This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the … specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the … effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our …

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the … effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our …

explore if this policy is associated with changes in inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity at age 10/11 by area … level deprivation. Data on childhood overweight and obesity came from the National Child Measurement Programme for 2011 … childhood overweight and obesity rates between Gateshead and five other local authorities in the North-East of England which did …