The role of public health dietary messages and guidelines in tackling overweight and obesity issues
Yi Yi, Lee, Tan, David T., Siri, José G., Newell, Barry, Yi, Gong, Proust, Katrina and Marsden, Terry, (2020). The role of public health dietary messages and guidelines in tackling overweight and obesity issues. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 26(1), 31-50
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Sub-type Journal article Author Yi Yi, Lee
Tan, David T.
Siri, José G.
Newell, Barry
Yi, Gong
Proust, Katrina
Marsden, TerryTitle The role of public health dietary messages and guidelines in tackling overweight and obesity issues Appearing in Malaysian Journal of Nutrition Volume 26 Issue No. 1 Publication Date 2020 Place of Publication Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Publisher Nutrition Society of Malaysia Start page 31 End page 50 Language eng Abstract Overweight and obesity in Malaysia pose serious threats to health. Prevalence has escalated to alarming levels in recent decades despite a multitude of public health dietary messages geared towards obesity prevention and health promotion. Gaps between health messages, messengers, and the public must be identified and closed to effectively combat obesity and overweight. This review article aims to examine public health dietary messages, guidelines, and programmes for the prevention of obesity in Malaysia, and explore potential reasons for the continued rise in its prevalence. Public health dietary communication in Malaysia has progressed and improved substantially over the years. However, most messages have been designed for the general audience, with little consideration of differences in physical, social, cultural, and environmental backgrounds, and varying levels of comprehension. We offer several recommendations to increase the effectiveness of public health dietary messages in fighting the obesity epidemic, based on a cross-sectoral, place-based approach that recognise the complexity of the underlying causes of obesity. UNBIS Thesaurus OBESITY
MALAYSIAKeyword Public health dietary messaging
Place-based approaches
Cross-section approachesCopyright Holder Malaysian Journal of Nutrition Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type All rights reserved ISSN 1394035X DOI https://doi.org/10.31246/mjn-2019-0084 -
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