Apr 17
Posted by Morten in Environment, Nutrition and obesity, Policy | Comments off
Environment, policy, and multilevel strategies for improving diet, physical activity, and obesity control are recommended based on a rapidly growing body of research and the collective wisdom of leading expert organizations. A public health imperative to identify and implement solutions to the obesity epidemic warrants the use of the most promising strategies while continuing to build the evidence base.
Enjoy this paper by Sallis and Glanz.
This movie does for the supermarkets what Jaws did for the beach! It stars Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. Wish the DVD was out now!
Apr 16
Posted by Morten in Environment, Physical Activity, Playgrounds, Policy | Comments off
This paper presents a case study on using research and law to change public health policy. The City Project (a legal and policy advocacy organization), working with teachers and school officials, is using social science and legal research to promote changes in public policy to ensure physical education in public schools in Los Angeles, California.
Apr 14
Posted by Morten in Food marketing, Nutrition and obesity, Policy | Comments off
A penny-per-ounce tax on sugared beverages could reduce consumption by more than 10%. It is difficult to imagine producing behavior change of this magnitude through education alone, even if government devoted massive resources to the task. In contrast, a sales tax on sugared drinks would generate considerable revenue, and as with the tax on tobacco, it could become a key tool in efforts to improve health.
Apr 14
Posted by Morten in Food marketing, Nutrition and obesity, Policy | Comments off
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 88 studies was published in 2007. The available data indicate a clear and consistent association between soft drink consumption and increased energy intake.
Apr 13
Posted by Morten in Nutrition and obesity, Policy | Comments off
This exploratory study estimates the relative contribution of increased caloric intake and reduced physical activity to obesity in developed countries. Results show that rising obesity is primarily the result of consuming more calories. Results also indicate that the increase in caloric intake is associated with technological innovations as well as changing sociodemographic factors. This review offers useful insights to future research concerned with the etiology of obesity and suggests that obesity-related policies should focus on encouraging lower caloric intake.
Apr 13
Posted by Morten in Food service, Nutrition and obesity, Policy, School nutrition | Comments off
Environmental and policy interventions may be among the most effective strategies for creating population-wide improvements in eating. This review describes an ecological framework for conceptualizing the many food environments and conditions that influence food choices, with an emphasis on current knowledge regarding the home, child care, school, work site, retail store, and restaurant settings. The need for action to improve health are highlighted.
Apr 13
Posted by Morten in Food marketing, Policy | Comments off
Food prices can affect weight outcomes and pricing interventions can have a significant effect on obesity rates, U.S. researchers said.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to build the evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory, legal and policy solutions to improve public health. Apply for grants if you are based in the US.
Apr 11
Posted by Morten in Food marketing, Policy | Comments off
A review and analysis of empirical and historical evidence pertaining to tobacco and food industry practices, messages, and strategies to influence public opinion, legislation and regulation, litigation, and the conduct of science. The tobacco industry had a playbook, a script, that emphasized personal responsibility, paying scientists who delivered research that instilled doubt, criticizing the ‘œjunk’ science that found harms associated with smoking, making self-regulatory pledges, lobbying with massive resources to stifle government action, introducing ‘œsafer’ products, and simultaneously manipulating and denying both the addictive nature of their products and their marketing to children. The script of the food industry is both similar to and different from the tobacco industry script. See alsohttp://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/03/17/the-food-industry-is-not-behaving-like-the-tobacco-industry-right/
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