19 January 2021 Globally, 80m adolescents are living with obesity, and without substantial intervention, the figure is due to rise to 150m by 2030. But what interventions work? The STOP Project, funded in 2018 by the European Union to identify new interventions to...
The global prevalence of obesity in adults and children has increased dramatically over the past decade, making obesity prevention policies into a priority for many governments and intergovernmental agencies. To determine the cost, equity and acceptability of three...
If the current wave of childhood obesity is not stopped, more than one in three adults will be obese in some European countries by 2025[1]. A collaboration of 31 research, advocacy and governmental organisations from 16 countries will today (5 June) launch Europe’s...
STOP Childhood Obesity Over a four-year period (2018-22), the STOP project has generated scientifically sound, novel and policy-relevant evidence on the factors that have contributed to the spread of childhood obesity in European countries and on the effects of...