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Cheskin LJ, Frutchey R, McDermott AY, et al. Motivating systems-oriented research on environmental and policy changes for obesity prevention. Pediatr Obes. 2016;12(3):e20-e23doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12132.
Cheskin, L. J., Frutchey, R., McDermott, A. Y., Esposito, L., Lee, B. Y., & Kumanyika, S. (2017). Motivating systems-oriented research on environmental and policy changes for obesity prevention. Pediatric obesity, 12(3), e20-e23. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12132
Cheskin, L J, et al. "Motivating systems-oriented research on environmental and policy changes for obesity prevention." Pediatric obesity vol. 12,3 (2017): e20-e23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12132
Cheskin LJ, Frutchey R, McDermott AY, Esposito L, Lee BY, Kumanyika S. Motivating systems-oriented research on environmental and policy changes for obesity prevention. Pediatr Obes. 2017 Jun;12(3):e20-e23. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12132. Epub 2016 Apr 06. PMID: 27060703.
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Pediatr Obes. 2017 Jun;12(3):e20-e23. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12132. Epub 2016 Apr 06.

Motivating systems-oriented research on environmental and policy changes for obesity prevention.

Pediatric obesity

L J Cheskin, R Frutchey, A Y McDermott, L Esposito, B Y Lee, S Kumanyika

Affiliations

  1. Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  2. Global Obesity Prevention Center.
  3. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  4. Global Obesity Prevention Center, Baltimore, MD, USA, Johns Hopkins Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  5. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 27060703 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12132

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Research on the types of interventions needed for population-level prevention of childhood obesity in complex societal systems can benefit from greater use of systems-science concepts and tools.

OBJECTIVES: We report outcomes of a funding programme promoting incorporation of systems-science approaches into studies of imminent policy or environmental changes potentially impacting childhood obesity.

METHODS: Seven funding cycles over 3 years yielded 172 initial submissions from 29 US states and 25 other countries were analyzed.

RESULTS: Submissions focused primarily on aspects of school or child-care settings, parks and recreational settings, or access to healthy food; about half reflected attention to systems perspectives.

CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of initial submissions as well as the 15 funded projects showed some success in motivating use of systems concepts and tools but suggested the need for a more focused effort to educate and prepare the childhood obesity prevention research community for this potentially crucial type of research.

© 2016 World Obesity Federation.

Keywords: Childhood obesity; funding mechanisms; prevention; systems science

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