Understanding how local authorities in England address obesity: A wider determinants of health perspective

James Nobles, Alex Christensen, Matthew Butler, Duncan Radley, Katie Pickering, Joanna Saunders, Carol Weir, Pinki Sahota and Paul Gately

Health Policy, 2019, vol. 123, issue 10, 998-1003

Abstract: Local government organisations (LAs) have a major role in the prevention and treatment of obesity in England. This study aims to 1) understand what actions are being taken by LAs to address obesity, and 2) determine how actions counter the perceived causes of obesity when mapped against the Wider Determinants of Health (WDoH) model.

Keywords: Action mapping; Obesity prevention; Obesity treatment; Local government; Whole systems approach; Health policy; Wider determinants of health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.07.016

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