- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Prevalence and trends in childhood obesity
- Chapter 2 Prevalence and trends in adult obesity in affluent countries
- Chapter 3 Physical health consequences of child and adolescent obesity
- Chapter 4 Health consequences of overweight and obesity in adults
- Chapter 5 Psychosocial issues in obese children and adults
- Chapter 6 Health economic burden of obesity – an international perspective
- Chapter 7 The role of nutrition and physical activity in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 8 The role of socio-cultural factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 9 Evolving environmental factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 10 The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
- Chapter 11 Population approaches to promote healthful eating behaviours
- Chapter 12 Population approaches to increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour among children and adults
- Chapter 13 Population approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 14 The role of surgical, pharmacological, and other treatment options
- Chapter 15 The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
- Chapter 16 Drawing possible lessons for obesity prevention and control from the tobacco-control experience<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 17 The role of parents in preventing child overweight and obesity: An ecological approach
- Chapter 18 The potential for policy initiatives to address the obesity epidemic: A legal perspective from the United States
- Chapter 19 The potential of food regulation as a policy instrument for obesity prevention in developing countries
- Chapter 20 What role can urban planning and transportation policy play in the prevention of obesity?
- Chapter 21 Can fiscal approaches help to reduce obesity risk?
- Chapter 22 Social marketing approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 23 Community interventions and initiatives to prevent obesity
- Chapter 24 The food and beverage industry’s efforts regarding obesity prevention
- Chapter 25 The need for courageous action to prevent obesity
- Chapter 26 Conclusion: Obesity and its prevention in the 21st century
- Index
The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
- Chapter:
- (p.136) Chapter 10 The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
- Source:
- Obesity Epidemiology
- Author(s):
Barry M. Popkin
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
From limited nationally representative surveys, the shifts in diet and physical activity patterns around the world have accelerated in the past decade. Rapid increases in the globalization of the food-supply and food-distribution networks, technology related to work and leisure, and the coverage of mass media are key global causal factors. Each of these global forces, along with urbanization and other shifts at the local level, underlie the quickening of the rate of change of diet and activity patterns of large subpopulation groups in most countries. This chapter highlights data on these dietary trends with a combination of individual dietary-intake analysis and more aggregate consumption analysis. It then discusses the implications of these trends for public health policy and programmes.
Keywords: diet, physical activity, obesity, nutrition, public health policy
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Prevalence and trends in childhood obesity
- Chapter 2 Prevalence and trends in adult obesity in affluent countries
- Chapter 3 Physical health consequences of child and adolescent obesity
- Chapter 4 Health consequences of overweight and obesity in adults
- Chapter 5 Psychosocial issues in obese children and adults
- Chapter 6 Health economic burden of obesity – an international perspective
- Chapter 7 The role of nutrition and physical activity in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 8 The role of socio-cultural factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 9 Evolving environmental factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 10 The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
- Chapter 11 Population approaches to promote healthful eating behaviours
- Chapter 12 Population approaches to increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour among children and adults
- Chapter 13 Population approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 14 The role of surgical, pharmacological, and other treatment options
- Chapter 15 The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
- Chapter 16 Drawing possible lessons for obesity prevention and control from the tobacco-control experience<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 17 The role of parents in preventing child overweight and obesity: An ecological approach
- Chapter 18 The potential for policy initiatives to address the obesity epidemic: A legal perspective from the United States
- Chapter 19 The potential of food regulation as a policy instrument for obesity prevention in developing countries
- Chapter 20 What role can urban planning and transportation policy play in the prevention of obesity?
- Chapter 21 Can fiscal approaches help to reduce obesity risk?
- Chapter 22 Social marketing approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 23 Community interventions and initiatives to prevent obesity
- Chapter 24 The food and beverage industry’s efforts regarding obesity prevention
- Chapter 25 The need for courageous action to prevent obesity
- Chapter 26 Conclusion: Obesity and its prevention in the 21st century
- Index
