Primary prevention targets development of overweight in individuals with healthy weight and
is a great challenge. This paper summarizes the main findings of a working group of the …

Introduction The past decade has increasingly seen systems approaches as a featured
theme in public health studies and policy documents. This trend is evident in the area of …

This paper proposes a novel framework for the development of interventions in vulnerable
populations. The framework combines a complex systems lens with syndemic theory …

Systems thinking approaches are increasingly being used to help communities understand
and develop responses to preventing complex health problems. Less is known about how …

Background In recent decades, community-based interventions have been increasingly
adopted in the field of health promotion and prevention. While their evaluation is relevant for …

Background and Objectives: Healthy eating is a crucial approach to improving overall
health, encompassing a well-balanced diet of natural and fresh foods, plenty of fruits and …

Background Prevention of obesity in children is an international public health priority given
the prevalence of the condition (and its significant impact on health, development and well …

Group model building is a participatory workshop technique used in system dynamics for
developing community consensus to address complex problems by consensus building on …

Multicomponent and multisectoral community‐based interventions (CBIs) have proven
potential in preventing overweight and obesity in children. Synthesizing evidence on the …

Aim Community-based obesity prevention interventions (CBOPIs) target the causes of
obesity. Actions implemented in CBOPIs could simultaneously impact both climate change …