Childhood Obesity: An Economic Perspective

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This paper by Jacqueline Crowle and Erin Turner was released on 25 October 2010.

Preliminaries (PDF - 260 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Acknowledgments and Abbreviations and explanations
Overview - including key points (PDF - 285 Kb)
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 327 Kb)
1.1 Background
1.2 Approach of this paper
1.3 Childhood overweight and obesity prevalence in Australia
Chapter 2 Obesity in an economic framework (PDF - 419 Kb)
2.1 Decision making
2.2 Rationales for government intervention
2.3 The costs of obesity
Chapter 3 Possible causes of overweight and obesity (PDF - 301 Kb)
3.1 Framework for possible causes of overweight and obesity
3.2 Child characteristics and behaviours
3.3 Parenting styles and family characteristics
3.4 Community, demographic and societal characteristics
3.5 Summary and conclusion
Chapter 4 Policy options for addressing obesity (PDF - 332 Kb)
4.1 Potential policy measures
4.2 Summary
Chapter 5 Effectiveness of obesity-related interventions (PDF - 432 Kb)
5.1 The evidence base and obesity prevention
5.2 Implications for policy
5.3 Conclusion
Appendix A Nature and results of evaluated Australian interventions (PDF - 361 Kb)
Appendix B Other Australian interventions (PDF - 329 Kb)
References (PDF - 346 Kb)

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