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Interventions to promote healthy eating habits: evaluation and recommendations
Author(s) -
Traill W. B.,
Shankar B.,
BrambilaMacias J.,
BechLarsen T.,
AschemannWitzel J.,
Strand M.,
Mazzocchi M.,
Capacci S.,
Verbeke W.,
PerezCueto F. J. A.,
D'Addesa D.,
Saba A.,
Turrini A.,
Niedźwiedzka B.,
KoziołKozakowska A.,
Kijowska V.,
Piórecka B.,
Infantes M.,
Wills J.,
Smillie L.,
Chalot F.,
Lyle D.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
obesity reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.845
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1467-789X
pISSN - 1467-7881
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00717.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , multidisciplinary approach , intervention (counseling) , public health , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , environmental health , psychology , public relations , political science , nursing , sociology , social science
Summary Although in several EU Member States many public interventions have been running for the prevention and/or management of obesity and other nutrition‐related health conditions, few have yet been formally evaluated. The multidisciplinary team of the EATWELL project will gather benchmark data on healthy eating interventions in EU Member States and review existing information on the effectiveness of interventions using a three‐stage procedure (i) Assessment of the intervention's impact on consumer attitudes, consumer behaviour and diets; (ii) The impact of the change in diets on obesity and health and (iii) The value attached by society to these changes, measured in life years gained, cost savings and quality‐adjusted life years. Where evaluations have been inadequate, EATWELL will gather secondary data and analyse them with a multidisciplinary approach incorporating models from the psychology and economics disciplines. Particular attention will be paid to lessons that can be learned from private sector that are transferable to the healthy eating campaigns in the public sector. Through consumer surveys and workshops with other stakeholders, EATWELL will assess the acceptability of the range of potential interventions. Armed with scientific quantitative evaluations of policy interventions and their acceptability to stakeholders, EATWELL expects to recommend more appropriate interventions for Member States and the EU, providing a one‐stop guide to methods and measures in interventions evaluation, and outline data collection priorities for the future.