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1. Introduction
2. Outline
3. Obesogenic environment
4. Analyzing obesogenic environments
5. Example - schools (for physical activity)
6. School settings (PA) - physical and economic
7. School settings (PA) - policy and socio-cultural
8. Sectors related to schools
9. Urban design
10. Amsterdam street
11. Amsterdam bikes
12. Fast food schooling
13. TV ads to kids
14. Obesogenic environments as drivers - summary
15. Can obesity be prevented?
16. Epidemiological triad
17. Control of other epidemics
18. Where is the effort directed?
19. CHD - reducing cholesterol
20. Behaviours can be changed to improve health
21. What is the evidence for obesity prevention?
22. Evidence-based obesity prevention
23. WHO technical report 916
24. WHO evidence table for obesity
25. Host-based interventions
26. The challenge of existing obesity
27. Runaway weight gain train
28. Movement inertia
29. Obesity begets obesity
30. Children as the priority target population
31. Summary for host interventions
32. Vector-based interventions
33. Energy density and serving size
34. Role of energy density
35. Example - potato crisps
36. Vectors - summary
37. Environmental approaches
38. Navy nutrition demonstration project
39. Navy - results
40. Subjective data
41. StairWELL to better health
42. Increasing fruit and salad purchases
43. Socio-cultural predisposition to obesity
44. Summary of changing environments
45. Evidence for potential interventions
46. Interventions for preventing obesity in children
47. Broader review of school-based interventions
48. Best evidence - reducing TV viewing time
49. Example - Planet health
50. Example - APPLES project
51. Example - pathways trial
52. Pathways results
53. Summary of intervention evidence
54. What should we do?
55. Aims of intervention selection
56. Intervention selection at community level
57. Design of projects in Barwon, Victoria
58. The health promotion process
59. ANGELO process
60. Prioritization process
61. Be active, eat well...making it easy
62. Be active, eat well in Colac
63. Examples for action plans
64. Summary

Topics Covered

• Drivers of the obesity epidemic
• Obesogenic environments
• Lessons learned from other epidemics
• Addressing "hosts", "vectors" and "environments"
• Whole-of-community intervention programs

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Series:

• Obesity

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Metabolism & Nutrition

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

Talk Citation

Swinburn, B. (2007, October 1). Can obesity be prevented in the current obesogenic environment? [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/575/.
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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Boyd Swinburn has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.