Policy Makers’ Views of Obesity-Related Challenges Around the World

Economic Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Interventions: Reflections and Suggestions

“…This paper has discussed methods for the economic evaluation of childhood obesity intervention within the context of a UK setting where responsibility for public health sits within local government. Nevertheless, many of the issues raised are relevant to other country settings with similar decision-making responsibilities such as within the US, where local and state health departments are responsible for public health; or within China where the financial burden caused by obesity is putting enormous pressure on public health departments [63,63]. Obesity is a complex condition caused by interactions of genetic, environmental, psychological and behavioural factors [64,65].…”

Obesity an Important Issue.

“…Since obesity is considered by gaining weight due to overeating and lacking of exercise with no spending energy, and the recently discovering because of metabolic disorders. Cremieux (2015) mentioned that there is a special concern for overweight and obesity in the entire world. Besides the effects translated into illnesses that being fat carries on people with this problem.…”

For a Step Change to Curb the Obesity Epidemic

“…As documented by the policymaker discussion in this issue [47], another significant area of progress against obesity is the increased stakeholder awareness of the disease and its burden. Policymakers from the USA, Canada, France, China, and Brazil all express great concern at the increase in the size of their populations suffering from obesity and its associated societal burden, and describe some of the measures implemented to help curb obesity in their countries [47].…”

“…Policymakers from the USA, Canada, France, China, and Brazil all express great concern at the increase in the size of their populations suffering from obesity and its associated societal burden, and describe some of the measures implemented to help curb obesity in their countries [47]. The June 2014 decision of the American Medical Association to label obesity as a disease is also a positive sign of increased awareness among the scientific community and the general public.…”

“…Many commentators suggest that more comprehensive, systemic, multi-factorial programs are needed to answer the obesity epidemic challenge [2,17,20,21,24,47]. While such programs would undoubtedly help, they may not be realistic or achievable without substantial increases in funding.…”