Public health campaigns and obesity - a critique Walls, Helen L., Peeters, Anna, Proietto, Joseph and McNeil, John J. 2011, Public health campaigns and obesity - a critique, BMC public health, vol. 11, Article number: 136, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-136. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads peeters-publichealthcampaigns-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 350.15KB 61 Title Public health campaigns and obesity - a critique Author(s) Walls, Helen L. Peeters, Anna orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-9132 Proietto, Joseph McNeil, John J. Journal name BMC public health Volume number 11 Season Article number: 136 Start page 1 End page 7 Total pages 7 Publisher BioMed Central Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2011 ISSN 1471-2458 Keyword(s) Community Networks Female Health Promotion Humans Obesity Public Health Summary BACKGROUND: Controlling obesity has become one of the highest priorities for public health practitioners in developed countries. In the absence of safe, effective and widely accessible high-risk approaches (e.g. drugs and surgery) attention has focussed on community-based approaches and social marketing campaigns as the most appropriate form of intervention. However there is limited evidence in support of substantial effectiveness of such interventions. DISCUSSION: To date there is little evidence that community-based interventions and social marketing campaigns specifically targeting obesity provide substantial or lasting benefit. Concerns have been raised about potential negative effects created by a focus of these interventions on body shape and size, and of the associated media targeting of obesity. SUMMARY: A more appropriate strategy would be to enact high-level policy and legislative changes to alter the obesogenic environments in which we live by providing incentives for healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity. Research is also needed to improve treatments available for individuals already obese. Language eng DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-11-136 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified 1117 Public Health And Health Services Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2011, Walls et al. Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081571 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 22 Feb 2016, 21:16:45 EST Tue, 23 Feb 2016, 04:02:59 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 05:09:58 EST Thu, 22 Sep 2016, 09:51:42 EST Thu, 22 Sep 2016, 09:53:19 EST Thu, 22 Sep 2016, 09:55:45 EST Mon, 12 Dec 2016, 15:07:31 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:14:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 55 times in TR Web of Science Cited 55 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 274 Abstract Views, 61 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 22 Feb 2016, 21:16:45 EST

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