Obesity
"For too long, responses to the obesity crisis have been focussed on individuals. It’s time we turn our attention to the systems that are failing us. Health systems, government systems, food systems, the media, and the environments we work and live in. All these systems are contributing to the increasing rates of obesity around the world." (World Obesity Day)
Malnutrition and obesity
"...Obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible – yet most neglected – public health problems. Paradoxically coexisting with undernutrition, an escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity – “globesity” – is taking over many parts of the world. If immediate action is not taken, millions will suffer from an array of serious health disorders." (WHO)
Obesity - Non-Communicable Diseases
"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes NCDs as a major challenge for sustainable development. As part of the Agenda, heads of state and government committed to develop ambitious national responses, by 2030, to reduce by one third premature mortality from NCDs through prevention and treatment (SDG target 3.4)." (WHO)
Publications
- Food guides: a strategy to reduce the consumption of ultra-processed foods and prevent obesity
- Global protocol for measuring fatty acid profiles of foods, with emphasis on monitoring trans-fatty acids originating from partially hydrogenated oils
- Food control system assessment tool: introductory booklet
- Health service delivery framework for prevention and management of obesity Intersectoral approach to obesity prevention and control: the Brazilian experience from 2014 to 2018
- e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA)
- Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF / WHO / World Bank Group joint child malnutrition estimates: key findings of the 2023 edition
- Monitoring Indicators of the Plan of Action for the Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-Fatty Acids 2020-2025
- Systematic review of health economic evaluations for the treatment of obesity in adults, 2009-2019
Related Links
- Nutrition and Food Safety - WHO
- Obesidad y sobrepeso - WHO
- One in eight people are now living with obesity
- Window of Knowledge VHL
- Alimentação e Nutrição em Saúde Pública
- Hypertension
- Diabetes - EVID@Easy - guided evidence search
- Evidence map: Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Overweight
