[EQ] Focusing on Obesity Through a Health Equity Lens

Focusing on Obesity Through a Health Equity Lens
– Second edition

Yoline Kuipers - EuroHealthNet

March 2010 (PDF, 7MB) - Available online at: http://bit.ly/cF4PAJ

 

This report has been compiled by EuroHealthNet with the aim of producing an accessible source of ideas and inspiration for practitioners and policy makers about counteracting obesity and improving health equity.

The report demonstrates the strong link between health inequalities and rising rates of obesity, and how existing measures to tackle the condition might be able to take this into account. The document contains descriptions of nearly 100 projects running in 28 countries, from the international level to local community initiatives.

 

 

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Table of contents

Introduction

1. Obesity and Health Inequalities

1.1 Obesity in Europe: The current situation and its long-term vision

1.2 Health inequalities and the Social Determinants of Health

1.3 Health inequalities in relation to obesity

2. Projects at European Level

2.1 (School) Children in Europe

2.2 Overall European population

3. Projects at National Level

4. Projects at Local level

4.1 Nutrition Projects.

4.2 Physical Activity Projects.

4.3 Combined Projects

5. Projects at International Level

6. Overview of Responses

7. Conclusions and Discussion

8. Index

9. References

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