Fight the Obesity Epidemic

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LINKS

New Zealand Sites

• Agencies for Nutrition Action
• Diabetes New Zealand
• Ministry of Health – Obesity
• Parents Voice A network of New Zealand parents, grandparents and caregivers who want to improve children’s food and physical activity environments.
• Weight Management (was HEHA Network)

Australian Sites

• Choice – Food labelling Consumer group Choice is campaigning for better food labelling on packaged goods.
• Obesity Policy Coalition This Victorian group wants to influence government policy to prevent obesity, particularly in children.
• The Obesity Society Professional site for NZ and Australian health care professionals involved in obesity research, treatment or prevention. Has obesity statistics and general information about obesity.
• The Parents Jury A network of Australian parents who want to improve the food and physical activity environments for their children.

UK Sites

• Sustain – Children’s Food Campaign Sustain wants better food in schools, no junk food marketing to children, and clear food labelling.
• Which? – Healthy Eating British consumer watchdog Which? wants to help people make healthy food choices.

US Sites

• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) A US lobby group campaigning to stop marketing to children.
• CDC – Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Provides trends and facts about nutrition, physical activity, obesity and overweight in the United States.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) A consumer advocacy group with many nutrition and health campaigns, one of which is to stop marketing junk food to children.
• Food politics Nutritionist Marion Nestle gives her views on issues of the day.
• Rudd Centre for Food Policy and Obesity An excellent source of US obesity-prevention news and research.

Other international sites

• International Obesity Task Force The IOTF is trying to persuade governments that it is time to take action on obesity prevention.
• Junk food generation Consumers International is campaigning to stop the marketing of unhealthy food to children.
• The NCD Alliance An alliance of four international federations has set up this website. It is a global hub for news and events about non-communicable diseases.
• World Health Organization – Obesity Provides facts on causes, trends and health risks of obesity and links to WHO global databases.