Collection

Tackling obesities: future choices

Foresight project looking at how we can respond to rising levels of obesity in the UK.

Contents

  1. Project report
  2. Reviews
  3. Science
  4. Systems mapping
  5. Scenarios
  6. Modelling

This project looked at how we can implement a sustainable response to obesity in the UK over the next 40 years. It gathered scientific evidence from across a wide range of disciplines to inform a strategic view of this issue.

The project’s objectives were to:

  • use the scientific evidence base from across a wide range of disciplines to identify the broad range of factors that influence obesity
  • create a shared understanding of the relationships between the main factors influencing levels of obesity and their relative importance
  • build on this evidence to identify effective interventions
  • analyse how future levels of obesity might change and the most effective future responses

The project involved over 300 experts from a wide range of disciplines and was overseen by a high level stakeholder group.

The project was sponsored by the Department of Health.

Project report

  1. Reducing obesity: future choices

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

Reviews

  1. Reducing obesity: future choices - mid-term review

    • 13 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

  2. Reducing obesity: future choices - 1 year review

    • 30 November 2008
    • Research and analysis

Science

  1. Reducing obesity: short science reviews

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  2. Reducing obesity: lifestyle change

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  3. Reducing obesity: environmental factors

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  4. Reducing obesity: international comparisons

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  5. Reducing obesity: research challenges

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  6. Reducing obesity: drivers and trends - literature review

    • 31 July 2006
    • Research and analysis

Systems mapping

  1. Reducing obesity: obesity system map

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

Scenarios

  1. Reducing obesity: visualising the future scenarios to 2050

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  2. Reducing obesity: future trends in technology

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  3. Reducing obesity: children's views

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  4. Reducing obesity: food industries' views

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

Modelling

  1. Reducing obesity: modelling future trends

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis

  2. Reducing obesity: modelling of policy options

    • 17 October 2007
    • Research and analysis
Published:
17 October 2007
From:
Government Office for Science
Department of Health