The 2008 Obesity Symposium: Community and policy based obesity prevention interventions: What is needed to achieve sustainable change? was run in Brisbane in July 2008 in conjunction with the 2008 Population Health Congress. The website provides summaries of each presentation and the presenters' slides are available for download.
The symposium brought together experts from around Australia to explore the challenges and discuss solutions in community and policy-based obesity prevention interventions and economic evaluations, drawing on case studies of existing interventions being conducted by the presenters.
Presentations and summaries available include:
- Innovative Approaches to Understanding Community Change Community change
- Economic evaluation at the Community Level
- Front of Pack Food Labels and food marketing to children
- Food Policy Directions: Linking with Climate Change Policies
- The Contribution of Acculturation Concepts to Obesity Prevention
- Meaningful measurement in multi-strategy multi-outcome interventions
- What Evidence is Needed to Inform Policy and Funding Decisions?
The symposium summary and presentations can be accessed via the following link:
2008 Obesity Symposium