Adopt a whole systems approach to obesity
Tackling obesity effectively—accomplishing a population wide-shift—requires a comprehensive and integrated whole systems approach, involving a range of measures focusing on individuals, social and other systems, including at the local and community level, and on the interrelated physical, physiological, social and cognitive factors that determine health outcomes.

 

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Tackling obesity in the UK »Tackling obesity in the UK
Tackling obesity »Tackling obesity
Adopt a whole systems approach to obesity
Deploy and integrate as many interventions as possible at scale »Deploy and integrate as many interventions as possible at scale
Improve collaboration across organisational boundaries »Improve collaboration across organisational boundaries
Involve all stakeholders in the process of change »Involve all stakeholders in the process of change
Target interventions across the whole course of life »Target interventions across the whole course of life
Set clear, long-term societal goals and deepen the sense of urgency »Set clear, long-term societal goals and deepen the sense of urgency
Changes required across many different policy areas »Changes required across many different policy areas
Causal factors in one domain thwart progress in other domains »Causal factors in one domain thwart progress in other domains
Who should adopt a whole systems approach to obesity? »Who should adopt a whole systems approach to obesity?
Need to appreciate and incorporate multiple perspectives »Need to appreciate and incorporate multiple perspectives
Relational complexity of problems makes them hard to grasp as a whole »Relational complexity of problems makes them hard to grasp as a whole
Foresight – Obesity System Map »Foresight – Obesity System Map
Develop a coherent fiscal, regulatory and governance framework »Develop a coherent fiscal, regulatory and governance framework
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