Effective strategies to prevent obesity

Are young adults’ discussions of public health nutrition policies associated with common food industry discourses? A qualitative pilot study

“…Another way of reframing the emphasis on personal responsibility is to offer policy solutions that acknowledge participants’ clear preference for educational and informational interventions, but that have evidence of effectiveness and require a certain level of regulatory intervention by government. One example in Australia is to make consistent interpretative food labelling systems like the Health Star Rating mandatory 67 . This could help young adults feel they are supported to make healthier choices regarding food and promote a sense of agency.…”

The use of comics to promote health awareness: A template using nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

“… 14 Similarly, more broadly at a population level, health promotion campaigns in the past few decades have also attempted to tackle the metabolic epidemic, but transitioning from an obesogenic lifestyle into calorie‐restricted diets and regular physical activity is not an easy task. 15 , 16 , 17 …”

“… 18 , 19 Awareness of any condition alone is unlikely to result in overt lifestyle modifications, and it could be argued that NAFLD awareness efforts would be equally liable to the constraints responsible for the low effectivity of initiatives targeting better‐known metabolic disorders. 15 , 16 , 17 Undeniably, public awareness of the consequences of overconsumption lifestyle choices needs to accompany policy changes and infrastructure investments for the promotion of healthy habits able to redirect the fate of this epidemic. 20 Yet, according to models of behaviour change, disease unawareness prevents the adoption of precautionary action against the development of the disease, and as such represents a major barrier for NAFLD health promotion, disease prevention and therapeutic adherence.…”