Preventing Childhood Obesity - Evidence Policy and Practice.pdf

Part 2
community and government agencies remains a
magnet and a context within which prevention and
management are closely interfaced. Karen Lock and
Rebecca Hillier conclude by suggesting that future
research should not only tackle the evidence for effective
primary care interventions, but also the challenges
of translating evidence based guidelines into primary
care practice.
The chapter concludes with essential evidence
components, though often contested: environmental
influences on obesity, food and food marketing,
physical activity, and poverty. The section concludes
with recommendations and learnings for developing
countries. Laura Figuero and Juan Rivera state that
whilst the prevalence of childhood obesity continues to
rise in developing countries, the experiences of developed
countries dominate the prevention literature.
However as countries progressively undergo rapid
economic growth and urbanisation they face the challenges
posed by coexisting undernutrition and obesity.
Interventions must be sufficiently flexible in approach
to meet the needs of heterogeneous communities.
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