SynthesisJournal of obesity2013
Systems science and childhood obesity: a systematic review and new directions.
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- Shifting the way we conceptualise, research and intervene childhood obesity in China and Southeast Asian countries.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Insights from a codesigned dynamic modelling study of child and adolescent obesity in Australia.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Using Human-Centered Design and Cocreation to Create the Live 5-2-1-0 Mobile App to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Children: App Design and Development.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2023Article
- Bayesian network modelling to identify on-ramps to childhood obesity.BMC medicine · 2023Article
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- Understanding the system dynamics of obesity-related behaviours in 10- to 14-year-old adolescents in Amsterdam from a multi-actor perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A protocol for a systematic review on intersectoral interventions to reduce non-communicable disease risk factors in African cities.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2022Review
- Situating agent-based modelling in population health research.Emerging themes in epidemiology · 2021Article
- The Challenges of Putting Systems Thinking into Practice Comment on "What Can Policy-Makers Get Out of Systems Thinking? Policy Partners' Experiences of a Systems-Focused Research Collaboration in Preventive Health".International journal of health policy and management · 2021Article
- Services for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systems Perspective.Current psychiatry reports · 2020Review
- The role of maternal social networks on the outcomes of a home-based childhood obesity prevention pilot intervention.Journal of social structure : JOSS · 2019Article
- A scoping review of simulation modeling in built environment and physical activity research: Current status, gaps, and future directions for improving translation.Health & place · 2019Article
- Propagating Change: Using RE-FRAME to Scale and Sustain A Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Palliative care and public health: an asymmetrical relationship?Palliative care · 2019Review
- Simulation modeling to assist with childhood obesity control: perceptions of Baltimore City policymakers.Journal of public health policy · 2018Article
- A Systems Thinking Approach to Understanding and Demonstrating the Role of Peer-Led Programs and Leadership in the Response to HIV and Hepatitis C: Findings From the W3 Project.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Longitudinal changes in body mass index of children affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Article
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Abstract
As a public health problem, childhood obesity operates at multiple levels, ranging from individual health behaviors to school and community characteristics to public policies. Examining obesity, particularly childhood obesity, from any single perspective is likely to fail, and systems science methods offer a possible solution. We systematically reviewed studies that examined the causes and/or consequences of obesity from a systems science perspective. The 21 included studies addressed four general areas of systems science in obesity: (1) translating interventions to a large scale, (2) the effect of obesity on other health or economic outcomes, (3) the effect of geography on obesity, and (4) the effect of social networks on obesity. In general, little research addresses obesity from a true, integrated systems science perspective, and the available research infrequently focuses on children. This shortcoming limits the ability of that research to inform public policy. However, we believe that the largely incremental approaches used in current systems science lay a foundation for future work and present a model demonstrating the system of childhood obesity. Systems science perspective and related methods are particularly promising in understanding the link between childhood obesity and adult outcomes. Systems models emphasize the evolution of agents and their interactions; such evolution is particularly salient in the context of a developing child.
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