With a proposed sugar tax on soft drink makers, a new - look EatWell plate to help us all eat a better diet, and a childhood
obesity strategy on the way, it seems steps to help children eat better are never far from the front pages.
Not exact matches
Researchers and thought leaders weigh in
on cutting - edge
strategies that may help drive down rates of
obesity
Given that global incidence rates of overweight and
obesity are
on the rise, particularly among children and adolescents, it is imperative that current public health
strategies include education about beverage intake.
«It will require action from the whole of society» - Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive of Public Health England, shares his views
on the childhood
obesity strategy.
Ahead of the debate
on Ending Childhood
Obesity at Food Matters Live 2016, Alison Tedstone, Chief Nutritionist & Director of the Diet &
Obesity Team at Public Health England, outlines how Public Health England will lead the reformulation programme set out in the Childhood
Obesity Strategy.
«It does address the central issue of sugar reformulation» Ian Wright, Director General of the Food and Drink Federation, shares his views
on the childhood
obesity strategy.
«For me it lacked teeth and it lacked firm regulation» - Gail Gallie, Chief Executive of the Jamie Oliver Foundation, shares her views
on the childhood
obesity strategy.
As part of this effort, President Barack Obama established the first - ever Task Force
on Childhood
Obesity to develop and implement an inter-agency plan that details a coordinated strategy, identifies key benchmarks, and outlines an action plan to end the problem of childhood obesity within a gene
Obesity to develop and implement an inter-agency plan that details a coordinated
strategy, identifies key benchmarks, and outlines an action plan to end the problem of childhood
obesity within a gene
obesity within a generation.
To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the Let's Move campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood
obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds
on effective
strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.
The TV chef and healthy eating campaigner said the prime minister watered down an
obesity strategy he worked
on with the government while David Cameron was in power.
The Conservatives, however, claimed the government still lacks a joined up
strategy on obesity.
Gostin explains why, despite the label of «Nanny Bloomberg,» the mayor's controversial soda portion limit makes sense: «The mayor relied
on science to support a creative, untested
strategy: sugary drinks deliver empty calories, with a direct relationship to
obesity, while portion sizes have grown exponentially.
Professor Martin Gulliford, senior author from the Division of Health and Social Care Research at King's College London, said: «Current
strategies to tackle
obesity, which mainly focus
on cutting calories and boosting physical activity, are failing to help the majority of obese patients to shed weight and maintain that weight loss.
Furthermore, the results emphasize the need to create healthcare
strategies to minimize the effect of
obesity on health issues in menopausal women.
Researchers hope that the study will contribute to a national debate about childhood and teenage
obesity, potentially leading to a consistent, long - term
strategy on how to best deal with the problem.
To help you get a jump start
on writing a successful proposal, The
Obesity Society's Early Career Member Committee held its second webinar titled:
Strategies for Successful Grant - Writing
on Thursday, September 17th from 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST..
As part of its mission to engage with early career investigators, the Early Career Member Committee hosted a webinar titled «
Strategies to Build a Successful Research Program in
Obesity - Related Research»
on Thursday, February 19, 2015.
Therefore research is needed to understand the role of maternal influences
on the risk of
obesity in childhood and the value of preventive
strategies targeted to women of childbearing age.
As the most recent statistics
on childhood
obesity were released — which, incidentally, showed that around one in five children is overweight or obese as they start school, rising to around a third of children by the end of primary school — we launched a white paper setting out what we want to see in the forthcoming national child
obesity strategy.
Our hope is that the government will make good
on the failings highlighted in the UN report with bold policy
on play and children's physical activity in the forthcoming and much - delayed national
obesity strategy.
Montford also had been selected to serve
on a committee to develop statewide
strategies regarding youngsters» health and
obesity levels.
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of ATL, comments
on the Government's
strategy to tackle childhood
obesity.
The government's
strategy has been roundly criticised for not going far enough tackle
obesity, with some commentators saying the burden has been lumped
on schools.
How
Obesity Impacts Animal Welfare Presented by Ernie Ward, DVM, Association for Pet Obesity Prevention Dr. Ward presents the latest scientific evidence on how obesity negatively affects quality - of - life in companion animals, discuss attitudes about pet nutrition, diet and weight loss, and offer strategies for weight loss and client communication tactics for a variety of commonly encountered clinical sce
Obesity Impacts Animal Welfare Presented by Ernie Ward, DVM, Association for Pet
Obesity Prevention Dr. Ward presents the latest scientific evidence on how obesity negatively affects quality - of - life in companion animals, discuss attitudes about pet nutrition, diet and weight loss, and offer strategies for weight loss and client communication tactics for a variety of commonly encountered clinical sce
Obesity Prevention Dr. Ward presents the latest scientific evidence
on how
obesity negatively affects quality - of - life in companion animals, discuss attitudes about pet nutrition, diet and weight loss, and offer strategies for weight loss and client communication tactics for a variety of commonly encountered clinical sce
obesity negatively affects quality - of - life in companion animals, discuss attitudes about pet nutrition, diet and weight loss, and offer
strategies for weight loss and client communication tactics for a variety of commonly encountered clinical scenarios.
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.
Finally, for children growing up with family conflict, exposure to community violence may have a cumulative impact
on distress symptoms and thereby influence both physiological and behavioral coping
strategies that elevate risk for early
obesity.