Programme and policy options for preventing obesity in China

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2013-11

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John Wiley & Sons

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The article advocates for health policy in China to increase focus on curbing obesity. With a higher prevalence of nutrition-related chronic diseases, a younger age of onset and increasing medical costs, overweight and obesity have become major public health problems and important disease burdens in China. In reviewing interventions, the report shows that intervention samples are small and have not addressed the increasing rates of obesity throughout the entire population. Major action at the national and provincial level in areas of regulations and taxation are important tools that the government must begin to consider using.

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CHINA, OBESITY AND NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS) PREVENTION, NUTRITION RESEARCH, HEALTH POLICY, DIET, REGULATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, DISEASE PREVENTION, FAR EAST ASIA, FOOD POLICY, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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Wang, H., & Zhai, F. (2013). Programme and policy options for preventing obesity in China. Obesity Reviews, 14(Suppl. 2), 134-140.doi:10.1111/obr.12106

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/52210

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