Changing systems: a new strategy for overweight and obesity prevention and control
10.19485/j.cnki.issn2096-5087.2025.11.001
- Author:
YE Zhen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
changing systems;
overweight;
obesity;
weight management
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2025;37(11):1081-1086
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The prevalence of overweight and obesity has been on rising steadily, posing a major challenge to public health. Focusing on changing systems, a new strategy for overweight and obesity prevention and control, this article elaborates on five pillars: government-led efforts to cultivate a sense of shared responsibility among four stakeholders, scientific weight management advocating multi-disciplinary collaborative diagnosis and treatment, precision management covering the entire population throughout the life cycle, policy incentives to optimize obesity-prone environments, and digital and intelligent empowerment to reshape the paradigm of weight management. However, overweight and obesity prevention and control face persistent challenges, including the difficulty of sustaining individual behavior change, the lack of supportive social environments, and the obstacles to implementing precise interventions. It is recommended to begin by shifting societal perceptions, collaborate across multiple sectors to implement a multi-pronged strategy, and promote highly effective and cost-efficient interventions.
- Full text:2025112715235486139系统变革：超重肥胖防治新策略.pdf
