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Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2010-09-23 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 926408486X |
This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2010-10-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789264063679 |
This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions.
Author | : Kristian Bolin |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0762314060 |
Focuses on the economics of obesity. This work assesses the impact of food quality, access to fast food, food prices, legislation, and other factors on diet, physical activity, and body weight. It calculates the impact of obesity on hospital costs and examines the externalities imposed by obesity through health insurance.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2010-01-10 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309139279 |
The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today's generation of children. While parents and other adult caregivers play a fundamental role in teaching children about healthy behaviors, even the most positive efforts can be undermined by local environments that are poorly suited to supporting healthy behaviors. For example, many communities lack ready sources of healthy food choices, such as supermarkets and grocery stores. Or they may not provide safe places for children to walk or play. In such communities, even the most motivated child or adolescent may find it difficult to act in healthy ways. Local governments-with jurisdiction over many aspects of land use, food marketing, community planning, transportation, health and nutrition programs, and other community issues-are ideally positioned to promote behaviors that will help children and adolescents reach and maintain healthy weights. Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity presents a number of recommendations that touch on the vital role of government actions on all levels-federal, state, and local-in childhood obesity prevention. The book offers healthy eating and physical activity strategies for local governments to consider, making it an excellent resource for mayors, managers, commissioners, council members, county board members, and administrators.
Author | : Barry M. Popkin |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781583333136 |
Discusses the history of human obesity worldwide, and examines how trends in technology, globalization, government policies, and the food industry affect all physical aspects of human life.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2010-10-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264088814 |
This publication examines current efforts to improve health care efficiency, including tools that show promise in helping health systems provide the best care for their money.
Author | : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe |
Publisher | : World Health Organization |
Total Pages | : 77 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9289013885 |
In a brief, clear and easily accessible way, this summary illustrates the dynamics of the obesity epidemic and its impact on public health throughout the WHO European Region, particularly in eastern countries. It describes how factors that increase the risk of obesity are shaped in different settings, such as the family, school, community and workplace. It makes both ethical and economic arguments for accelerating action against obesity, and analyses effective programs and policies in different government sectors, such as education, health, agriculture and trade, urban planning and transport. The summary also describes how to design policies and programs to prevent obesity and how to monitor progress, and calls for specific action by stakeholders: not only government sectors but also the private sector - including food manufacturers, advertisers and traders - and professional consumers' and international and intergovernmental organizations such as the European Union.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2005-01-31 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309133408 |
Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this improvement is due to the reduction of infant and early childhood mortality. Given this trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking developmentâ€"an epidemic of obesity in children and youth. The increased number of obese children throughout the U.S. during the past 25 years has led policymakers to rank it as one of the most critical public health threats of the 21st-century. Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social, environmental, medical, and dietary factors responsible for its increased prevalence. The book also offers a prevention-oriented action plan that identifies the most promising array of short-term and longer-term interventions, as well as recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of numerous stakeholders in various sectors of society to reduce its future occurrence. Preventing Childhood Obesity explores the underlying causes of this serious health problem and the actions needed to initiate, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can reverse the trend among our children and youth.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2016-01-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264230491 |
Ten years after the introduction of publically-funded universal health insurance, the Mexican health system finds itself at a critical juncture.
Author | : Frank Hu |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2008-03-21 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0199718474 |
During the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. An estimated thirty percent of adults in the US are obese; in 1980, only fifteen percent were. The issue is gaining greater attention with the CDC and with the public health world in general. This book will offer practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity, suitable for graduate students and researchers in epidemiology, and public health practitioners with an interest in the issue. The book will be structured in four main sections, with the majority of chapters authored by Dr. Hu, and some authored by specialists in specific areas. The first section will consider issues surrounding the definition of obesity, measurement techniques, and the designs of epidemiologic studies. The second section will address the consequences of obesity, looking at epidemiologic studies that focus on cardio-vascular disease, diabetes, and cancer The third section will look at determinants obesity, reviewing a wide range of risk factors for obesity including diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviors, sleep disorders, psychosocial factors, physical environment, biochemical and genetic predictors, and intrauterine exposures. In the final section, the author will discuss the analytical issues and challenges for epidemiologic studies of obesity.