The Complex Quest of Preventing Obesity in Early Childhood: Describing Challenges and Solutions Through Collaboration and Innovation

The Complex Quest of Preventing Obesity in Early Childhood: Describing Challenges and Solutions Through Collaboration and Innovation

Childhood obesity remains a major public health issue and priority area for action. Promisingly, obesity prevention interventions in the first 2000 days of life have shown modest effectiveness in improving health behaviours and healthy weight status in children. Yet, researchers in this field face s...

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Published in:Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) Vol. 12; p. 803545
Main Authors: Seidler, Anna Lene, Johnson, Brittany J, Golley, Rebecca K, Hunter, Kylie E
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 07-02-2022
Subjects:
Child
Child, Preschool
children
Endocrinology
family
Humans
innovative methods
intervention
obesity prevention
Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control
innovative methods
obesity prevention
family
intervention
children
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Summary:Childhood obesity remains a major public health issue and priority area for action. Promisingly, obesity prevention interventions in the first 2000 days of life have shown modest effectiveness in improving health behaviours and healthy weight status in children. Yet, researchers in this field face several challenges. This can lead to research waste and impede progress towards delivering effective, scalable solutions. In this perspective article, we describe some of the key challenges in early childhood obesity prevention and outline innovative and collaborative solutions to overcome these. Combining these solutions will accelerate the generation of high-quality evidence that can be implemented into policy and practice.
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These authors share senior authorship
Edited by: Gengsheng He, Fudan University, China
These authors share first authorship
This article was submitted to Pediatric Endocrinology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology
Reviewed by: Duarte Miguel Henriques-Neto, European University of Lisbon, Portugal; Zheng Liu, Peking University, China; Wenhuan Feng, Nanjing University, China; Alaina Vidmar, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, United States
ISSN:1664-2392
1664-2392
DOI:10.3389/fendo.2021.803545