Reports and guidelines

The World Health Organization has introduced a new Health Service Delivery Framework for Obesity Prevention and Management, part of the WHO Acceleration Plan to Tackle Obesity. This framework promotes widespread access to obesity prevention and management services across all age groups throughout life. It emphasizes the integration of these services into the healthcare system and communities, aligning with universal health coverage principles.

The Special Edition of the Sustainable Development Goals Report for 2023 offers an honest evaluation of the SDGs, using the most current data and estimations. While it underscores the current shortcomings and encourages the world to intensify its endeavours, the report also underscores the significant potential for success if there's strong political determination and the effective use of existing technologies, resources, and knowledge.

The NOURISHING database offers insights into government policies in place worldwide that aim to encourage nutritious eating and combat obesity.

The MOVING database features information about policy initiatives from various countries that target increased physical activity, especially among young people.

The World Obesity Atlas is released each year by the World Obesity Federation on World Obesity Day. These reports offer in-depth insights into notable obesity patterns, forecasts for global and regional obesity rates, national assessments, and rankings on how prepared countries are to address obesity and its associated consequences.

The World Health Organization European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) is a large-scale monitoring system that collects standardized data on overweight and obesity among primary school children aged 6–9 across the WHO Regional Office for Europe Member States.

The National Strategic Plan for the Reduction of Childhood Obesity (2022–2030) is a Spanish government initiative aimed at preventing and reducing obesity among children and adolescents. The strategy promotes healthier lifestyles through improved nutrition, increased physical activity, emotional wellbeing, and better sleep habits. It involves coordinated actions across public institutions, civil society, and the private sector to create healthier environments for young people.

This guidance provides recommendations for measuring and monitoring healthy diets at national and global levels. It outlines methods, indicators, and data collection approaches to help governments and researchers assess dietary patterns and track progress towards healthier and more sustainable diets.

This resource from the European Commission’s Health Promotion Knowledge Gateway provides an overview of national food-based dietary guidelines across European countries. It summarises science-based recommendations on healthy eating and lifestyle habits, helping policymakers and researchers compare dietary guidance and support nutrition and health promotion strategies across Europe.

This WHO global strategy provides a framework for promoting healthy diets and increasing physical activity to prevent noncommunicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

This insights report examines the wide ranging impacts of obesity in West Yorkshire and surrounding regions, emphasising lived experience, social stigma, psychological effects, and economic costs. It highlights how obesity extends beyond physical health to affect wellbeing, social participation, and public services, and calls for compassionate, person centred strategies in policy and care.