Interventions for obesity have not often been based on considerations that could predict
their effectiveness. However, advances in research provide several new approaches
that can inform priorities for public health interventions directed at nutrition,
physical activity, and obesity. These approaches include estimation of the effect
size, comparison of the calorie gap with the caloric deficit induced by the intervention,
population reach and impact, cost and cost effectiveness of the intervention, time
required to evaluate the effect of the intervention on weight change, and feasibility
of the intervention. Incorporation of these considerations by policymakers and public
health practitioners will help identify those interventions most likely to achieve
changes in the prevalence of obesity.
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