Obesity
Presentations & reports

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A healthy balance: Victorians respond to obesity report

The final report of "A Healthy Balance: Victorians respond to obesity" includes information about the Healthy Kids Strategy, strategies for target groups, list of speakers, questions and conference agenda, as well as panel members.

A Healthy Balance: Victorians respond to obesity report (320kb, pdf)

Forum presentations - Wednesday 23 October, 2002

The file sizes of some presentations are large and may take considerable time to download.

Childhood obesity

Prof. Paul Zimmet AO	A Healthy Balance - Victorians Respond to Obesity (5.27mb, MS Powerpoint)
Prof. David Crawford	Trends in eating and childhood obesity (1.23mb, MS Powerpoint)
Dr Jo Salmon	Trends in physical activity and childhood obesity (4.32mb, MS Powerpoint)

Social & environmental change

Warren Cann	Parents and peers: Influences on physical activity and healthy eating (761kb, MS Powerpoint)
Stephanie Knox	-
Bernadette George	BG Urban Solutions (4.74mb, MS Powerpoint)

What works?/Health & health promotion

Prof. Boyd Swinburn	Reducing Childhood Obesity - What works? [or what should work?] (1.02mb, MS Powerpoint)
Dr. Rob Moodie	We can do it, but there's no magic bullet:Obesity prevention and health promotion (3.15mb, MS Powerpoint)
Prof. Doris Young	Role of General Practitioners in preventing and managing increasing rates of overweight and obesity (1.09mb, MS Powerpoint)

Education

John Allin	-
Dr Jeff Walkley	Physical Education"An essential element in the promotion of healthy living and appropriate weight" (818kb, MS Powerpoint)
Sandra Fordyce-Voorham	Home economics education (819kb, MS Powerpoint) Helping students to establish and maintain healthier life choices (120kb, pdf)

Communities, family, parents

Prof. Frank Oberklaid	A Healthy Balance: Victorians Responding to Obesity (852kb, MS Powerpoint)
Helen Broderick	Start Right to Eat Right and Move Right: Nutrition and Physical Activity in Day Care (2.11mb, MS Powerpoint)
Cr. Meredith Butler	-
Sarah Wise	Work-family risk factors for childhood obesity (813kb, MS Powerpoint)

Forum presentations - Thursday 24 October, 2002

Physical environment

Wendy Morris	Urban planning and design to support physical activity (3.71mb, MS Powerpoint)
Val Kneebone	Leisure opportunities and participation (776kb, MS Powerpoint)

Sport & recreation

Ian Kett	Increasing active recreation and incidental activity in everyday life for children and the rest of us (769kb, MS Powerpoint)
Ray Allsopp	A Healthy Balance: Victorians Respond to Obesity (741kb, MS Powerpoint)

Media

Russel Howcroft	-
Kay Carey	What can advertisers and the media industry contribute? (1.15mb, MS Powerpoint) Speech to the Victorian Forum on Childhood Obesity (152kb, pdf)
Con Stavros	A Healthy Balance: Victorians Respond to Obesity (1.27mb, MS Powerpoint)
Lee Burton	-
Dr Sally Cockburn	-

Food consumption & healthy eating

Stephanie Alexander	Food consumption and healthy eating (150kb, pdf)
Kay Gibbons	Food consumption and healthy eating (839kb, MS Powerpoint)
Dr Rosemary Stanton	Food consumption and healthy eating (789kb, MS Powerpoint)

Producing & selling food

Dr David Roberts	What can the people and organisations of Victoria do to promote healthy weight and prevent obesity in children? - The processed and packaged food industry response (891kb, MS Powerpoint) Obesity-Pursuing solutions based on evidence (150kb, pdf)
Stan Moore	Retailing food (240kb, MS Powerpoint)
Ian Lindenmayer	Food: Creating a healthy culture and balance (1.19mb, MS Powerpoint)

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