Sentences with phrase «behaviour on childhood obesity»

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The importance of early life feeding and behaviour has prompted priority calls for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and an immediate end to the marketing of unhealthy foods to all children, for example in the EU Childhood Obesity Action Plan 2014 - 2020 9 and most recently the Second International Conference on Nutrition 10 in Rome.

Understanding the behaviours that contribute to childhood obesity in the early years, with particular emphasis on reducing the consumption of sugary drinks, is important to future health.

Of a number of published evidence reviews on strategies for preventing childhood obesity, 8 — 15 only one published in 2007 has focused on environmental influences of obesity - related dietary behaviours in children and young people (aged 3 — 18 years).15 It found consistent associations between parental influences (parental food intake and education) and obesity in this age group.15 The early years are a priority population for intervention strategies for two reasons.