Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults
Open Access
- 10 May 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Systematic Reviews
- Vol. 2 (1), 27
- https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-27
Abstract
Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity and associated risk factors for obesity are widening throughout developed countries worldwide. Tackling obesity is high on the public health agenda both in the United Kingdom and internationally. However, what works in terms of interventions that are able to reduce inequalities in obesity is lacking.Keywords
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