An umbrella review of the evidence on structural prevention policies and prevention of overweight and obesity among children

Nordic Cancer Union’s project: Common actions for the prevention of overweight and obesity among children.

This report is a systematic umbrella review and a systematic grey literature search covering evidence on six policy topics:

Fiscal policies
Marketing-restriction policies
Labelling
School health
Availability, accessibility and affordability
Early-childhood prevention

The report describes and summarises current evidence of the effects of national and global prevention policies with the aim of contributing to the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity. The report is based on a total of 70 systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses and 54 grey publications.

The report is part of the Nordic Cancer Union’s project: Common Actions for the Prevention of Overweight and Obesity among Children, funded by the Nordic Cancer Union (NCU). The project is a collaboration between the Cancer Societies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland.

Report: An umbrella review of the evidence on structural prevention policies and prevention of overweight and obesity among children

En systematisk gennemgang af evidensen om strukturelle forebyggelsespolitikker og forebyggelse af overvægt og svær overvægt blandt børn

Rapporten er en systematisk litteraturgennemgang af videnskabelige studier og grå litteratur, der dækker evidensen vedrørende seks politiske emner:

Finanspolitiske tiltag
Markedsføringsrestriktioner
Mærkning
Skolesundhed
Tilgængelighed, adgang og økonomisk overkommelighed
Forebyggelse i tidlig barndom

Rapportens beskriver og opsummerer den nuværende evidens om virkningerne af nationale og globale forebyggelsespolitikker med det formål at bidrage til forebyggelsen af overvægt og svær overvægt blandt børn og unge. Rapporten er baseret på 70 systematiske reviews og/eller meta-analyser samt 54 grå publikationer i alt.

Rapporten er en del af Nordic Cancer Union’s project: Common Actions for the Prevention of Overweight and Obesity among Children, finansieret af Nordic Cancer Union (NCU). Projektet er et samarbejde mellem kræftforeningerne i Danmark, Norge, Sverige, Island og Finland.

Til rapporten hører der tre bilag, der henvises til i rapporten, inklusiv metode dokumenter (A), deskriptiv information om studierne (B) og overlap skemaer (C).

Policy recommendations for preventing childhood overweight and obesity

Five evidence-based policy recommendations from the Nordic Cancer Societies on preventing childhood overweight and obesity.

Public support for childhood overweight and obesity prevention policies

This report displays 5,008 Nordic citizens' attitudes towards and knowledge about different prevention policies that can help prevent overweight and obesity among children and youth.

The Nordic Cancer Societies’ policy recommendations and public support

Get a quick overview of the Nordic Cancer Societies’ policy recommendations on preventing childhood overweight and obesity, and how they are perceived by the Nordic populations.