Prevention/Policy
Feb 04, 2009
 World Cancer Day!
On World Cancer Day, the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) will launch "I love my healthy active childhood", the second full-year theme in our "Today's children, tomorrow's world" cancer prevention campaign. |
Jan 09, 2009
Soda Tax' Proposed in New York
New York Gov. Paterson proposed an 18 percent sales tax on non-diet sodas and juice drinks in an effort to reduce the state's budget deficit. The tax, which would not affect bottled water, diet soda, coffee, tea or milk, is estimated to raise more than $400 million in the first year. |
Dec 15, 2008
New York state plans soft drink 'obesity tax'
New York state could impose an “obesity tax” on high-calorie soft drinks such as non-diet versions of Coke and Pepsi as public concerns over obesity turn potentially fattening foods into a politically acceptable target for taxation. |
Nov 02, 2008
Breastfeeding Lowers Obesity Risk
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a behavioral reason to explain why breastfeeding can lower the risk of obesity later in life. |
Oct 14, 2008
Endocrine Society Releases Guidelines on the Treatment of Paediatric Obesity
CHEVY CHASE, Md -- October 3, 2008 -- The Endocrine Society has released a new clinical practice guideline for the prevention and treatment of paediatric obesity. A rapid release version of the guideline has been published online and will appear in t |
Aug 09, 2008
Britain and France grapple with child obesity problem
Subject: Agence France Presse, 8/5: Britain and France grapple with child obesity problem |
Jul 08, 2008
New AHA Obesity Statement Urges Clinicians to Think Beyond Clinical Treatment and Prevention
July 3, 2008 — Think bigger: that's the thrust of the American Heart Association's (AHA) new scientific statement on obesity prevention [1]. To have any meaningful impact on the obesity epidemic, clinicians need to go beyond clinical prevention and t |
Jun 03, 2008
Sydney Principles' for reducing the commercial promotion of foods and beverages to children.
1WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia. |
Mar 20, 2008
POLICY-MARKETING:
Policy Consensus Conference on food marketing to children and its impact on obesity |
Nov 25, 2007
Food makers pressured to cut sodium
Think cooking the perfect Thanksgiving dinner is stressful? Something else is far more likely to raise your blood pressure: salt hidden in all those goodies. |
Oct 29, 2007
Think Tank For Health-Friendly Food In The Fight Against Obesity
Since 2003, Professor Laurette Dube has convened an annual Health Challenge Think Tank based on the firm conviction that addressing global health issues in a comprehensive, effective way demands a massive mobilization across borders, sectors and area |
Sep 26, 2007
Childhood obesity: A complex problem
There’s not just one cause for the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States, according to researchers contributing to a special report released this week.
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Sep 20, 2007
Quebec will fight junk food, obesity in its schools: health minister
Quebec is planning to fight what its health minister is calling an "obesity pandemic" he believes is a threat to young students. |
Sep 20, 2007
The best anti-obesity policies
A debate on the best practices in stemming the expansion of the national waistline in the Los Angeles Times |
Sep 18, 2007
Food policy expert fears impact of nutrient profiling
Miguel da Silva, adviser at Brussels food law consultancy EAS, said that many in the food industry fear it will open the door for regulators to treat certain foods in a similar way to alcohol and tobacco.
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Sep 04, 2007
Overweight prevention program may cut risk of eating disorders among girls
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) set out to determine if an obesity prevention program called 5-2-1-Go! could reduce the risk of eating disorder symptoms and harmful weight-control behaviors in adolescents. |
Aug 31, 2007
New Zealand to adopt 'traffic light' anti-obesity campaign
A New Zealand government committee is taking an innovative approach to curbing bad eating habits. |
Jul 25, 2007
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Nursing Practice: Focus on Children and Youth
AHA Scientific Statements |
Jun 29, 2007
Healthier food options to fight obesity in America
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policies at its Annual meeting to address factors that may be adding to the increase in obesity among Americans. |
Jun 20, 2007
Canada's New Government Calls on Industry to Adopt Limits for Trans Fat
Health Canada is adopting the Trans Fat Task Force’s recommendation on trans fats in Canadian foods, by calling on Canada’s food industry to limit the total fat content of vegetable oils and soft, spreadable margarines to 2 percent, and to limit the |
Jun 13, 2007
US Summit on Obesity Policy
The Summit brought together an eclectic group of organizations to develop policy recommendations in physical activity, nutrition, and health care. |
May 31, 2007
'Energy gap' figures in childhood obesity
Reducing a child's calorie intake (or increasing physical activity)by just 165 calories could help prevent weight gain. |
May 29, 2007
The Coalition against Morbid Obesity launches its activities!
Coalition against Morbid Obesity, a Québec-based non-profit organization which relies on the strength of association to reduce waiting lists for bariatric surgery in Québec. |
May 03, 2007
Banning Junk Food in Schools First Step in Tacking Child Obesity
The soaring levels of childhood obesity in American children have prompted an expert panel to recommend new nutritional standards for the nation's schools. Banning junk food from schools is being seen as the first step in tacking the obesity crisis i |
Apr 05, 2007
Group says it will spend $500 million to fight childhood obesity
The Robert Wood Johnson foundation plans to sponsor programs in USA that emphasize familiar themes like the "walking school bus,' where parents could herd students house-to-house and walk them to school. |
Mar 28, 2007
House of Commons Standing Committee on Health's new report on childhood obesity
By putting the health of our children first, our government can make real progress towards reducing obesity and its negative health effects |
Mar 08, 2007
Concept of a nutritious food: toward a nutrient density score.
the concept of a nutritious food is not based on any consistent standards or criteria. The naturally nutrient rich (NNR) score, which is based on mean percentage daily values (DVs) for 14 nutrients in 2000 kcal food, can be used to assign nutrient de |
Mar 01, 2007
Editorial: Eat less, move more
Only one change has ever proven to reduce calories and promote health: eating less, moving more. |
Feb 02, 2007
Bush Urges Stepped-Up Campaign Against Childhood Obesity
Bush urged companies considered responsible for aggravating the problem to stress the importance of healthful eating and physical fitness in their marketing campaigns. |
Feb 01, 2007
FCC Announces Childhood Obesity Taskforce Participants
The Federal Communications Commission announced the task force on "Media and Childhood Obesity with representatives of consumer advocacy groups, the food and beverage industry, media companies, and advertisers, as well as healthcare and academic expe |
Jan 26, 2007
Battle against obesity mirrors smoking fight
If we could get the food industry to stop their practices of offering hundreds of varieties of things and get back to the basics, I think food prices would drop and people would have the opportunity to engage in healthy eating |
Jan 24, 2007
Canada's schools fail the health test
In half of the boards, individual schools have contracts with Coca-Cola or Pepsi to provide soft drinks and snacks; 26 per cent of school boards say they have daily physical education this year. |
Jan 23, 2007
Obesity: report suggests ways to tackle rise in EU
Nutrition, physical activity and obesity are key priorities in the EU public health policy, including its action programme for public health |
Jan 17, 2007
National public health study to focus on obesity prevention in Finland
In the study, participants will be directed to a special obesity-related physical examination. The blood samples of those being examined will be screened for factors that can lead to obesity. |
Dec 24, 2006
Canada's New Government Establishes Program Eligibility for the Children's Fitness Tax Credit
The definition of eligible programs will support children's participation in all programs that significantly contribute to their fitness. In addition, the Minister indicated that substantial additional support would be provided to children eligible f |
Dec 06, 2006
B.C. should tax junk food because 1 in 4 kids are overweight, says report
BC should consider taxing some candies, confections and soft drinks, says an all-party committee of the province's legislature. The politicians made 36 recommendations to the government after holding hearings at high schools
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Nov 17, 2006
Europe to adopt strategy to deal with obesity
For the first time ever, ministers of health and senior policymakers from 53 countries in the WHO's European region will agree on a strategy for action and adopt a European Charter on Counteracting Obesity. |
Oct 26, 2006
Health minister announces $8.4 million for national heart health strategy
Clement said Sunday in Vancouver that the initiative is aimed at creating a unified framework for dealing with cardiovascular issues from prevention of disease through to rehabilitation.
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Oct 24, 2006
Quebec government teams with private foundation to fight obesity
Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard and former Videotron head Andre Chagnon have announced a $400 million funding partnership to to help Quebecers develop healthier lifestyles and lower obesity levels. |
Oct 06, 2006
Fighting childhood obesity around the world
2006 McGill Integrative Health Challenge Think Tank invites medicine and management to join forces |
Oct 01, 2006
State Releases Plan To Combat Obesity
The Eat Smart, Move More State Plan is a five-year plan offering overarching goals and measurable objectives for anyone working in the area of overweight and obesity prevention. |
Sep 29, 2006
Canada's obesity epidemic must be fixed by an investment in sports: ministers
Canada is facing a health crisis that will only get worse over the coming years, and prevention is the cure, provincial ministers for sport want Ottawa to invest in Canada's rapidly crumbling venues for recreational and amateur sport |
Sep 13, 2006
Nova Scotia decides to eliminate junk food from school cafeterias
The new nutrition policy requires that schools begin phasing out food and beverages with low nutritional values over the next three years. |
Sep 12, 2006
CMA wants National Children's Health Strategy
The "epidemic" of child obesity and poor health among Aboriginal children are among compelling reasons for the federal government to commit to national health goals and targets, as well as a national children's health strategy, the CMA says. In all, |
Sep 05, 2006
IOTF proposes (DRAFT) Guiding principles for reducing the commercial promotion of food and beverages to children ('THE SYDNEY PRINCIPLES') |
Aug 16, 2006
Docs want obesity subdued with 'fat tax'
Fruit and vegetables should be subsidised and high-calorie foods slapped with a "fat tax" to counter obesity epidemic. |
Aug 03, 2006
Minister of Finance Appoints Expert Panel to Advise on Children’s Fitness Tax Credit
Minister of Finance, announced the appointment today of a panel of health and physical-fitness experts to advise on programs of physical activity that should qualify for the children’s fitness tax credit proposed in Budget 2006 |
Jul 28, 2006
Food for thought or thought for food? - A stakeholder dialogue around the role of the snacking industry in addressing the obesity epidemic.
A systems analysis approach is presented that distinguishes between basic physiology, self-control and what we call jam transmitters, signals and pressures from the environment that hinder or frustrate self-control. |
Jul 14, 2006
Ontario declares war on obesity
"We intend to lead our young people from the playstation to the playground" |
Jul 13, 2006
Position of the American Dietetic Association: individual-, family-, school-, and community-based interventions for pediatric overweight.
ADA recognizing that overweight is a significant problem for children and adolescents, takes the position that pediatric overweight intervention requires a combination of family-based and school-based multi-component programs that include the promoti |