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The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia
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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Katie LacyKatie Lacy, Peter KremerPeter Kremer, Andrea De Silva-Sanigorski, Steven AllenderSteven Allender, Evie Leslie, Laura Jones, Sally Fornaro, Boyd SwinburnChildhood obesity monitoring is a fundamental component of obesity prevention but is poorly done in Australia. Monitoring obesity prevalence in children provides important population health data that can be used to track trends over time, identify areas at greatest risk of obesity, determine the effectiveness of interventions and policies, raise awareness and stimulate action. High participation rates are essential for effective monitoring because these provide more representative data. Passive (‘opt-out’) consent has been shown to provide high participation rates in international childhood obesity monitoring programs and in a recent Australian federal initiative monitoring early child development. A federal initiative structured like existing child development monitoring programs, but with the authority to collect height and weight measurements using opt-out consent, is recommended to monitor rates of childhood obesity in Australia.
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Pediatric obesityVolume
7Issue
5Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell PublishingLocation
Oxford, EnglandPublisher DOI
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2047-6302eISSN
2047-6310Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, Wiley-Blackwell PublishingUsage metrics
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