Addressing obesity Where do we stand

Addressing obesityWhere do we stand

Jeroen Lakerveld, PhD

‘Our health is a function of where we live’!!

Goenda S, Andersen LB.!The Lancet vol. 387!

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KnowledgeMotivationSelf-regulation…

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Complex ….or not?

If so ….then what?

‘Upstream determinants’

Determinants Lifestyle Obesity Chronic disease risk

The causes of the causes

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Policy implementation is increasing

-  Changes to marketing practices-  Food labelling-  Urban infrastructure and design-  Food subsidies and taxes

McKinsey reportWHO report of the commission on ending childhood obesity

…So is its monitoring

NOURISHINGINFORMASGlobal Physical Activity NetworkGlobal Physical Avtivity Observatory

Still huge knowledge gaps

-  How can the range of policy environments be broadened

-  Equity impact?

-  How do policies act collectively?

Peeters & Backholer int j obes 2017

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