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Tackling obesities: future choices

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

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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

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