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Preventive strategies against weight gain and obesity

Swinburn, Boyd and Egger, G. 2002, Preventive strategies against weight gain and obesity, Obesity reviews, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 289-301.

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Title Preventive strategies against weight gain and obesity
Author(s) Swinburn, Boyd
Egger, G.
Journal name Obesity reviews
Volume number 3
Issue number 4
Start page 289
End page 301
Publisher Blackwell Publishing Limited
Place of publication Oxford, England
Publication date 2002-11
ISSN 1467-7881
1467-789X
Keyword(s) Education
environments
policy
population-based
Summary A well-resourced, comprehensive, population-based set of strategies is needed to
attenuate and eventually reverse the current trends of increasing obesity prevalence
now apparent in most countries. The Epidemiological Triad (host, vector,
environment) has proven to be a robust model for other epidemics and is applied
to obesity. Host-based strategies are primarily educational and these tend to
be most effective among people with higher incomes and higher educational
attainment. The main vectors for a high-energy intake are energy-dense foods and
drinks and large portion sizes and, for low energy expenditure, machines that
promote physical inactivity. Vector-based strategies that alter food formulation
can have a significant impact, particularly through influencing common, highvolume
foods. The increasingly ‘obesogenic’ environments are probably the main
driving forces for the obesity epidemic. There are many environmental strategies
that can influence the physical, economic, policy or socio-cultural environments,
but the evidence base for these potentially powerful interventions is small.
Children should be the priority population for interventions, and improving the
general socio-economic conditions for disadvantaged, marginalized or poor population
sectors is also a central strategy for obesity prevention. The key settings
for interventions are schools, homes, neighbourhoods, primary health care services
and communities. The key macroenvironments for interventions are the
transport and infrastructure sector, the media and the food sector.
Notes The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
Language eng
Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2002, International Association for the Study of Obesity
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001701

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Health Sciences
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