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The role of ERCP in management of retained bile duct stones after laparoscopic cholecystectomySuhail Anwar
Department of Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
N Z Med J 117:U1102. 2004....- Effect of orlistat on cardiovascular disease risk in obese adultsB A Swinburn
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Diabetes Obes Metab 7:254-62. 2005..placebo on the predicted 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in obese people with one or more cardiovascular risk factors treated for 12 months, in conjunction with a fat-reduced, but otherwise ad libitum, diet... - Obesity prevention: a proposed framework for translating evidence into actionB Swinburn
Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Obes Rev 6:23-33. 2005.... - The runaway weight gain train: too many accelerators, not enough brakesBoyd Swinburn
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
BMJ 329:736-9. 2004 - Diet, nutrition and the prevention of excess weight gain and obesityB A Swinburn
Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Public Health Nutr 7:123-46. 2004..To review the evidence on the diet and nutrition causes of obesity and to recommend strategies to reduce obesity prevalence... - Sustaining dietary changes for preventing obesity and diabetes: lessons learned from the successes of other epidemic control programsBoyd Swinburn
School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 11:S598-606. 2002..The barriers for preventing obesity/diabetes are no less formidable, but the strategies for surmounting them have been well tested in other epidemics... - Long-term (5-year) effects of a reduced-fat diet intervention in individuals with glucose intoleranceB A Swinburn
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Diabetes Care 24:619-24. 2001..To determine whether reducing dietary fat would reduce body weight and improve long-term glycemia in people with glucose intolerance... - Evidence-informed process to identify policies that will promote a healthy food environment in the Pacific IslandsWendy Snowdon
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Public Health Nutr 13:886-92. 2010..To implement a systematic evidence-informed process to enable Fiji and Tonga to identify the most feasible and targeted policy interventions which would have most impact on diet-related non-communicable diseases... - Intergenerational differences in food, physical activity, and body size perceptions among African migrantsAndre M N Renzaho
Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Qual Health Res 22:740-54. 2012..Obesity-prevention programs in this subpopulation need to adopt a multigenerational approach... - Balancing the benefits and risks of public-private partnerships to address the global double burden of malnutritionVivica I Kraak
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
Public Health Nutr 15:503-17. 2012.... - Double disadvantage: the influence of ethnicity over socioeconomic position on childhood overweight and obesity: findings from an inner urban population of primary school childrenElizabeth Waters
School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 3:196-204. 2008..To examine the relationship between overweight/obesity in children, socioeconomic status and ethnicity/cultural background... - Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescentsSteven Allender
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 14:512-21. 2011..To examine the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and body mass index (BMI) among a sample of Australian adolescents... - Childhood obesity--a sign of commercial success, but a market failureRob Moodie
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 1:133-8. 2006..We argue that significant government intervention is needed to correct this market failure, as has been done for other major health problems... - Heart disease and diabetes risk factors in Pacific Islands communities and associations with measures of body fatA C Bell
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Auckland
N Z Med J 114:208-13. 2001..These communities warrant a very high priority as part of public health efforts to address New Zealand's growing obesity epidemic... - Healthy eating and obesity prevention for preschoolers: a randomised controlled trialHelen Skouteris
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:220. 2010.... - Tongan adolescents' eating patterns: opportunities for interventionKatherine Cacavas
Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Asia Pac J Public Health 23:24-33. 2011..Furthermore, it is important that obesity prevention interventions are informed by culture-specific influences to optimize uptake of healthy diets... - Effectiveness of prevention programmes for obesity and chronic diseases among immigrants to developed countries - a systematic reviewAndre M N Renzaho
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and Related Research and Training, Public Health Research, Evaluation and Policy Cluster, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
Public Health Nutr 13:438-50. 2010..To determine whether interventions tailored specifically to particular immigrant groups from developing to developed countries decrease the risk of obesity and obesity-related diseases... - Assessing cost-effectiveness in obesity: active transport program for primary school children--TravelSMART Schools Curriculum programMarj Moodie
Deakin Health Economics, Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
J Phys Act Health 8:503-15. 2011..To assess from a societal perspective the cost-effectiveness of a school program to increase active transport in 10- to 11-year-old Australian children as an obesity prevention measure... - Obesity and undernutrition in sub-Saharan African immigrant and refugee children in Victoria, AustraliaAndre M N Renzaho
School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Victoria, Australia
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15:482-90. 2006..In conclusion, obesity and overweight are very prevalent in SSA migrant children and undernutrition, especially wasting, was also not uncommon in this target group... - Factors associated with changes in serum total cholesterol levels over 7 years in middle-aged New Zealand men and women: a prospective studyP A Metcalf
Department of Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1, New Zealand
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 11:298-305. 2001..The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with changes in serum total cholesterol levels over a period of seven years... - Knowledge exchange in the Pacific: The TROPIC (Translational Research into Obesity Prevention Policies for Communities) projectHelen Mavoa
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:552. 2012..abstract:.. - Problem and solution trees: a practical approach for identifying potential interventions to improve population nutritionWendy Snowdon
Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Health Promot Int 23:345-53. 2008..Problem trees are a relatively simple tool to implement, easy to adapt to differing needs, can generate a wealth of information and can be more widely used... - Increased food energy supply is more than sufficient to explain the US epidemic of obesityBoyd Swinburn
Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 90:1453-6. 2009..The major drivers of the obesity epidemic are much debated and have considerable policy importance for the population-wide prevention of obesity... - Impact of front-of-pack 'traffic-light' nutrition labelling on consumer food purchases in the UKGary Sacks
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Health Promot Int 24:344-52. 2009..Further research on the influence of nutrition signposting will be needed before this labelling format can be considered a promising public health intervention... - Impact of 'traffic-light' nutrition information on online food purchases in AustraliaGary Sacks
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 35:122-6. 2011..This study examined changes to online consumer food purchases in response to the introduction of traffic-light nutrition information (TLNI)... - Obesity prevention programs demand high-quality evaluationsBoyd Swinburn
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:305-7. 2007..There is an important opportunity to build collaborative mechanisms across community-based obesity prevention sites to enhance the program and evaluation quality and to accelerate knowledge translation into practice and policy... - Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiativeAndrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia 3217
BMC Public Health 10:65. 2010..This paper describes the design of the evaluation of the five primary care partnership-based initiatives in the 'Go for your life' Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well (HPC:BAEW) initiative... - Active transport to work in Australia: is it all downhill from here?A C Bell
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University Waterfront Campus, Geelong 3217, Australia
Asia Pac J Public Health 18:62-8. 2006..Few people walk or cycle to work in Australia. Efforts to encourage active transportation are urgently needed... - What are the key food groups to target for preventing obesity and improving nutrition in schools?A C Bell
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
Eur J Clin Nutr 58:258-63. 2004..To determine differences in the contribution of foods and beverages to energy consumed in and out of school, and to compare consumption patterns between school canteen users and noncanteen users... - Selection of priority groups for obesity prevention: current approaches and development of an evidence-informed frameworkM S Nichols
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Obes Rev 11:731-9. 2010..Application of this framework has the potential to enhance the effective use of limited obesity prevention resources and to identify areas in need of additional research evidence... - Contribution of 'noncore' foods and beverages to the energy intake and weight status of Australian childrenA C Bell
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Vic, Australia
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:639-45. 2005.... - Reducing unhealthy weight gain in children through community capacity-building: results of a quasi-experimental intervention program, Be Active Eat WellA M Sanigorski
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:1060-7. 2008..Be Active Eat Well (BAEW) was a multifaceted community capacity-building program promoting healthy eating and physical activity for children (aged 4-12 years) in the Australian town of Colac... - Lunchbox contents of Australian school children: room for improvementA M Sanigorski
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:1310-6. 2005.... - Overweight and obesity prevalence in children based on 6- or 12-month IOTF cut-points: does interval size matter?P J Kremer
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:603-5. 2006..6%. Overweight prevalence was generally affected more than obesity prevalence. The use of different age intervals for IOTF cut-points introduces a small but systematic bias in prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity... - Energy density of foods and beverages in the Australian food supply: influence of macronutrients and comparison to dietary intakeT C Crowe
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Clin Nutr 58:1485-91. 2004..We aimed to compare relationships between ED and macronutrient content in individual food and beverage items as well as population diet in a typical Western country... - Creating community action plans for obesity prevention using the ANGELO (Analysis Grid for Elements Linked to Obesity) FrameworkA Simmons
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Health Promot Int 24:311-24. 2009..It is responsive to community needs, combines local and international knowledge and creates stakeholder ownership of the action plan... - Under-reporting of energy intake in the 1997 National Nutrition SurveyCatherine Pikholz
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 117:U1079. 2004..Possible ethnic differences in under-reporting rates need further study. Care is needed in interpreting the energy intake data from the NNS97... - Obesity prevention in children and adolescentsBoyd Swinburn
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne 3125, Australia
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 18:209-23. 2009..A positive public health approach encompassing environmental, regulatory, sociocultural, and educational strategies offer the best chance of reducing obesity without increasing disordered eating patterns... - The development of a network for community-based obesity prevention: the CO-OPS CollaborationSteven Allender
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:132. 2011..abstract:.. - The Pacific OPIC Project (Obesity Prevention in Communities) -- objectives and designsBoyd Swinburn
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
Pac Health Dialog 14:139-46. 2007.... - The role of a Prospective Public Health Intervention Study Register in building public health evidence: proposal for content and useElizabeth Waters
Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field, VicHealth, 15 31 Pelham Street PO Box 154, Carlton South, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:322-7. 2007..It is argued that this initiative has the potential to facilitate increased global cooperation and efficiency in the production of high quality evidence and ultimately in improved health outcomes for populations... - Body size and composition in PolynesiansB A Swinburn
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23:1178-83. 1999..To compare the relationship between body size and body composition in New Zealanders of Polynesian and European descent and to develop specific regression equations for fat mass for Polynesians... - A nutrition and exercise intervention program for controlling weight in Samoan communities in New ZealandA C Bell
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:920-7. 2001..CONCLUSION: Samoan communities in New Zealand are very obese and have high rates of annual weight gain. A community-based intervention program arrested this weight gain in the short term... - The impact of modernisation on the diets of adults aged 20-40 years from Samoan church communities in AucklandA C Bell
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland
Asia Pac J Public Health 11:4-9. 1999..A dietary transition has occurred for New Zealand Samoans, reflecting a shift from traditional to modern dietary patterns and a decline in the nutritional quality of the diet... - Body size, body composition, and fat distribution: a comparison of young New Zealand men of European, Pacific Island, and Asian Indian ethnicitiesElaine Rush
Faculty of Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 117:U1203. 2004..To investigate body size and body fat relationships and fat distribution in young healthy men drawn from New Zealand European, Pacific Island, and Asian Indian populations... - Assessing cost-effectiveness in obesity (ACE-obesity): an overview of the ACE approach, economic methods and cost resultsRob Carter
Deakin Health Economics, Public Health Research Evaluation and Policy Cluster, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:419. 2009..In this paper, we report on the cost results and associated methods together with the innovative approach to priority setting that underpins the ACE-Obesity study... - The 'Sydney Principles' for reducing the commercial promotion of foods and beverages to childrenBoyd Swinburn
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
Public Health Nutr 11:881-6. 2008..The Sydney Principles should guide the formation of an International Code on Food and Beverage Marketing to Children... - Measuring the 'obesogenic' food environment in New Zealand primary schoolsMary-Ann Carter
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Health Promot Int 19:15-20. 2004..Programmes that improve school food through policies, availability, prices and school ethos are urgently needed... - Defining community capacity building: is it possible?Annie Simmons
WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria 3217, Australia
Prev Med 52:193-9. 2011..Like other broad concepts such as community and social capital, the term 'community capacity building' is not easily captured. The context in which capacity is built is important and possibly contributes to the array of definitions... - Cost-effectiveness of active transport for primary school children - Walking School Bus programMarjory Moodie
Deakin Health Economics, Public Health Research Evaluation and Policy Cluster, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:63. 2009..abstract:.. - Re: Childhood obesity, values and the marketRob Moodie
Int J Pediatr Obes 1:256. 2006 - Parental awareness and attitudes about food advertising to children on Australian televisionBelinda Morley
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:341-7. 2008.... - Swinburn right of replyBoyd Swinburn
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:86. 2008 - Prevention Conference VII: Obesity, a worldwide epidemic related to heart disease and stroke: Group IV: prevention/treatmentRebecca M Mullis
Circulation 110:e484-8. 2004 - Cost-effectiveness of physical activity counselling in general practiceRaina Elley
Department of General Practice, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 117:U1216. 2004..To assess the cost-effectiveness of the 'Green Prescription' physical activity counselling programme in general practice... - Impact of the Pick the Tick food information programme on the salt content of food in New ZealandLeanne Young
National Heart Foundation of New Zealand, PO Box 17 160, Greenlane, Auckland 1130, New Zealand
Health Promot Int 17:13-9. 2002..The tick on approved products not only acts as a 'nutrition signpost' for consumers but can also significantly influence the formulation of products without sacrificing taste or quality...