Implementation of evidence-based interventions to control obesity is regarded as a public health priority. In this … effective and cost-effective intervention for obesity prevention and control. Regarding nutrition labeling, current evidence … index (BMI) and obesity prevalence, nutrition labeling is considered a cost-effective intervention in many settings. Further …

Obesity, defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health, has a clearly measurable impact on … by examining the available evidence on obesity, estimating obesity-related medical costs using more representative and … reliable data, and estimating obesity-related risk of disability in the Republic of Korea. The obesity rate is higher for males …

construction and household-level toilet subsidy programs in rural People's Republic of China (PRC) on children's education, health … years after its implementation. Effects on education are larger for girls than for boys, and for toilet subsidy programs. On …

excess weight, including overweight and obesity, from 1993 to 2014. First, we show that the proportions of overweight and … growth of excess weight. Using the concentration index we find that prevalence of overweight and obesity affected …

Mean obesity level of the 2 - 8-year-old children in the region was 14.4%, 14.1% were overweight, 2.7% were underweight … middle-income jurisdictions had relatively high levels of both undernutrition and obesity. Jurisdiction income level was the …