ReviewObesity science & practice2020
Costs, equity and acceptability of three policies to prevent obesity: A narrative review to support policy development.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- What is the Role of Primary Prevention of Obesity in an Age of Effective Pharmaceuticals?Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Public support for unhealthy food marketing policies in Australia: A cross-sectional analysis of the International Food Policy Study 2022.Australian and New Zealand journal of public health · 2025Article
- A policy assessment tool to identify causes of inequities that influence obesity prevalence.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- An unequal health policy landscape? Examining socioeconomic differences in acceptability and preferences for policies that aim to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2024Article
- Dynamics of combatting market-driven epidemics: Insights from U.S. reduction of cigarette, sugar, and prescription opioid consumption.PLOS global public health · 2024Review
- Equity in Obesity Review.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Effect of a new graphically modified Nutri-Score on the objective understanding of foods' nutrient profile and ultraprocessing: a randomised controlled trial.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2023Article
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- A rapid review of the evidence for children's TV and online advertisement restrictions to fight obesity.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Measuring public opinion and acceptability of prevention policies: an integrative review and narrative synthesis of methods.Health research policy and systems · 2022Review
- Impact of the Front-of-Pack Label Nutri-Score on the Nutritional Quality of Food Choices in a Quasi-Experimental Trial in Catering.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Targeting Autophagy to Counteract Obesity-Associated Oxidative Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Costs, equity and acceptability of three policies to prevent obesity: A narrative review to support policy development.Obesity science & practice · 2020Review
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Abstract
Obesity prevention policies are a priority for many governments and intergovernmental agencies. Policy makers not only use systematic reviews of effectiveness but also consider contextual issues including cost and cost-effectiveness, equity, rights, acceptability and feasibility. To support their work, the present narrative review examines three contextual issues (costs, equity and acceptability) in relation to three policies for obesity prevention: sweetened beverage taxes, front-of-pack nutrition labelling and restrictions on advertising to children. Literature searches led to over 1100 documents, of which 125 informed the present review. Beverage taxes were found likely to be highly cost-effective, moderately favourable for health equity, supported by the public (depending on the use of revenues) and by health professionals and civil society groups and opposed by commercial interests. Depending on the design, front-of-pack nutritional labelling is likely to be highly cost-effective, moderately favourable for health equity, supported by the public, health professionals and civil society groups, and opposed by commercial interests. Restrictions on child-directed advertising are likely to be highly cost-effective in the longer term, moderately favourable for health equity, supported by the public, health professionals and civil society groups and opposed by commercial interests (unless voluntary). The evidence base needs strengthening, but the authors find that all three policies merit consideration by governmental authorities, and should be implemented to reduce obesity risk.
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