Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
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Department
Social Research Center (SRC)
Description
In 2016 the Commission released a report containing a set of recommendations to successfully tackle childhood and adolescent obesity in different contexts around the world. The main recommendations contained in the report are: Promote intake of healthy foods Promote physical activity Preconception and pregnancy care Early childhood diet and physical activity Health, nutrition and physical activity for school-age children Weight management. The Commission also provided an implementation plan describing the actions needed in Member States to implement the recommendations in the report. The implementation plan provides a summary of the recommended interventions which can be taken by policy makers to stop the rise in childhood obesity.
ISBN
978 92 4 151006 6
Publication Date
Winter 1-1-2016
Publisher
World Health Organization
City
Geneva, Switzerland
Keywords
obesity, nutrition, children, commission, report
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Rashad, H.
(2016).Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. World Health Organization.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/220
MLA Citation
Rashad, Hoda
Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. World Health Organization, 2016.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/220
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