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Obesity: key references and evidence

References

Cole TJ, Freeman JV and Preece MA. (1990) Body mass index reference curves for the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol 73, 25-29, 1995 (abstract only)

Dauphinot V, Wolff H, Naudin F, Gueguen, Sermet C, Gaspoz J-M, Kossovsky MP (2009). New obesity body mass index threshold for self-reported data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 63:128-132 (abstract only, subscription required for full access)

Grant I, Fischbacher C, Whyte B. Obesity in Scotland: an epidemiology briefing. Scottish Public Health Observatory Collaboration, ISD, Edinburgh, 2007

Foresight. Foresight Report: Tackling Obesity, 2007. Government Office for Science. London. October 2007

Lawlor DA, Hart CL, Hole DJ and Smith GD. (2006) Reverse Causality and Confounding and the Associations of Overweight and Obesity with Mortality. Obesity 14(12): 2294-2304,PDF Button(75kB).

Mobasheri M, Van Teijlingen E, Smith WCS. Some observations on the varying quality of Scottish lifestyle surveys when attempting to measure obesity and overweight.  Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett. Vol. 9, 2004, Supplement 2 89-92  

Nutrition Communications. Scottish Obesity Action Resource National ReportPDF Button (549 kB). A project by the Scottish Public Health Network. November 2007 (provides an overview of a mapping of obesity action (awareness, monitoring, prevention and treatment) across Scotland)

Walker A.  The cost of doing nothing - the economics of obesity in Scotland.  Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, June 2003

 

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO’s purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish perspectives on NICE public health guidance - Index page

National Library for Public Health - Home page

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page

Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page

Note: The effectiveness evidence links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative. The usual ScotPHO disclaimer about links to external sites applies.