The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia Lacy, K., Kremer, P., de Silva-Sanigorski, A., Allender, Steven, Leslie, E., Jones, L., Fornaro, S. and Swinburn, B. 2012, The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia, Pediatric obesity, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. e62-e67, doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00076.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia Author(s) Lacy, K. orcid.org/0000-0002-2982-4455 Kremer, P. orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1958 de Silva-Sanigorski, A. Allender, Steven orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-3294 Leslie, E. Jones, L. Fornaro, S. Swinburn, B. Journal name Pediatric obesity Volume number 7 Issue number 5 Start page e62 End page e67 Total pages 6 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2012 ISSN 2047-6302 2047-6310 Keyword(s) anthropometry parental consent informed consent body mass index Summary Childhood 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. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00076.x Indigenous content off Field of Research 111704 Community Child Health Socio Economic Objective 920501 HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048461 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Population Health Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) 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. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 25 Sep 2012, 11:12:15 EST Thu, 27 Sep 2012, 10:31:42 EST Wed, 05 Dec 2012, 09:06:33 EST Wed, 05 Dec 2012, 09:11:00 EST Wed, 05 Dec 2012, 09:12:38 EST Fri, 09 Aug 2013, 12:38:15 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 15:46:52 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:27:17 EST Mon, 25 Oct 2021, 08:48:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 10 times in TR Web of Science Cited 11 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 903 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 25 Sep 2012, 11:12:02 EST by Jane Moschetti