Obesity policy action framework and analysis grids for a comprehensive policy approach to reducing obesity

Obesity policy action framework and analysis grids for a comprehensive policy approach to reducing obesity

Sacks, Gary, Swinburn, Boyd and Lawrence, Mark 2009, Obesity policy action framework and analysis grids for a comprehensive policy approach to reducing obesity, Obesity reviews, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 76-86.

Title	Obesity policy action framework and analysis grids for a comprehensive policy approach to reducing obesity
Author(s)	Sacks, Gary Swinburn, Boyd Lawrence, Mark
Journal name	Obesity reviews
Volume number	10
Issue number	1
Start page	76
End page	86
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication	Oxford, England
Publication date	2009-01
ISSN	1467-7881 1467-789X 1743-7008
Keyword(s)	obesity prevention framework policy
Summary	A comprehensive policy approach is needed to control the growing obesity epidemic. This paper proposes the Obesity Policy Action (OPA) framework, modified from the World Health Organization framework for the implementation of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, to provide specific guidance for governments to systematically identify areas for obesity policy action. The proposed framework incorporates three different public health approaches to addressing obesity: (i) 'upstream' policies influence either the broad social and economic conditions of society (e.g. taxation, education, social security) or the food and physical activity environments to make healthy eating and physical activity choices easier; (ii) 'midstream' policies are aimed at directly influencing population behaviours; and (iii) 'downstream' policies support health services and clinical interventions. A set of grids for analysing potential policies to support obesity prevention and management is presented. The general pattern that emerges from populating the analysis grids as they relate to the Australian context is that all sectors and levels of government, non-governmental organizations and private businesses have multiple opportunities to contribute to reducing obesity. The proposed framework and analysis grids provide a comprehensive approach to mapping the policy environment related to obesity, and a tool for identifying policy gaps, barriers and opportunities.
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	©2008, International Association for the Study of Obesity
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017330

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

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