IASO publications library
Governmental reports
Global strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
(May 22, 2004)
Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children
(May 21, 2010)
Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases
(April 18, 2008)
Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases:implementation of the global strategy
(May 23, 2007)
Marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children
(May 21, 2010)
UK: HFSS advertising restrictions:final review
(July 26, 2010)
Codigo de autorregulacion de la publicidad de alimentos dirigida a menores, prevencion de la obesidad y salud
(March 25, 2005)
International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
(May 21, 1981)
US: Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents. A review of Industry Expenditures, Activities and Self-regulation
(July 31, 2007)
A framework to monitor and evaluate implementation-WHO global strategy on Diet, Physical activity and Health.
(May 22, 2004)
The Extent, Nature and Effects of Food Promotion to Children: a Review of the Evidence to December 2008
(Dec. 1, 2009)
The extent, nature and effects of food promotion to children
(July 1, 2006)
Marketing Activities of Global Soft Drink and Fast Food Companies in Emerging Markets: A Review
(Nov. 1, 2002)
UK: New Research on advertising Foods to Children: An updated review of the Literature, in Television Advertising of Food and Drink products to children
(March 28, 2006)
Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children, Report of a WHO forum and Technical Meeting
(May 5, 2006)
US: Preliminary proposed nutrition principles to guide industry self-regulatory efforts
(April 29, 2011)
Canada: Broadcast code for advertising to children
(Sept. 1, 2007)
IFBA Global policy on Marketing and Advertising to Children
(June 15, 2010)
Europe: Advertising and marketing practices on child obesity: Compilation of Food experts notes
(Feb. 1, 2008)
Academic reports
US: Cereal Facts:Evaluating the nutritional quality and marketing of children's cereals
(March 31, 2009)
STRATHCLYDE: Review of Research on the Effects of Food Promotion to Children,Final Report
(Sept. 22, 2003)
US: Effectively Embedded: The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing trends 2009-10
(Dec. 2, 2010)
Self-Regulation, Marketing Communications and Childhood Obesity: A Critical Review from New Zealand
(Nov. 20, 2006)
Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and associated psychological problems in Qatari's female population
(May 1, 2006)
Academic papers
USA: Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing: Targeting Children and Youth in the Digital Age
(April 14, 2009)
Australia: By how much would limiting TV food advertising reduce childhood obesity?
(March 26, 2009)
USA: Alternative thinking about starting points of obesity. Development of child taste preferences
(Jan. 14, 2011)
USA: The Food Marketing Defense Model: Integrating Psychological Research to Protect Youth and Inform Public Policy
(Nov. 24, 2009)
A synthesis of qualitative research on overweight and obese people's views and experiences of weight management.
(Sept. 20, 2011)
The measurement of maternal obesity: can we do better?
(Sept. 20, 2011)
Government regulation to promote healthy food environments – a view from inside state governments
(Sept. 29, 2011)
Overweight prevention strategies in preschool children
(Oct. 12, 2011)
Does greener mean thinner? Associations between neighbourhood greenspace and weight status among adults in England
(Oct. 11, 2011)
Age standardization in mapping adult overweight and obesity trends in the WHO European Region.
(Nov. 7, 2011)
A synthesis of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses of school-based behavioural interventions for controlling and preventing obesity
(Nov. 10, 2011)
Drinking to our health: can beverage companies cut calories while maintaining profits?
(Nov. 10, 2011)
Altered expression of gustatory-signaling elements in gastric tissue of morbidly obese patients
(Nov. 15, 2011)
EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention: methods, progress and international development.
(Nov. 23, 2011)
Association between TV viewing, computer use and overweight, determinants and competing activities of screen time in 4- to 13-year-old children
(Dec. 13, 2011)
Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity in the adult population of Spain, 2008–2010: the ENRICA study.
(Dec. 12, 2011)
The impact of extended care on the long-term maintenance of weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Dec. 29, 2011)
The night-eating syndrome and obesity
(Jan. 4, 2012)
Systematic review of family and home-based interventions targeting paediatric overweight and obesity
(Jan. 6, 2012)
Childhood psychological function and obesity risk across the lifecourse: findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study
(Jan. 10, 2012)
Physical activity and weight gain prevention in older men
(Jan. 10, 2012)
Oestradiol is a protective factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in healthy men
(Jan. 12, 2012)
One size fits all? Gender as an issue in obesity
(Jan. 11, 2012)
The long-term cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions: systematic literature review
(Jan. 17, 2012)
Quality of life of obese children in Malaysia
(Oct. 1, 2011)
Metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity in children and adolescents in Jordan
(Aug. 1, 2011)
Waist circumference percentile curves for Malaysian children and adolescents aged 6.0–16.9 years
(Aug. 1, 2011)
Nationally representative waist circumference percentiles in German adolescents aged 11.0–18.0 years
(June 1, 2011)
Age-specific stabilization in obesity prevalence in German children: A cross-sectional study from 1999 to 2008
(June 1, 2011)
Global epidemics of childhood obesity is hitting a ‘less industrialized’ corner in Asia: a case study in Macao
(June 1, 2011)
Prevalence of obesity and body mass index correlates in a representative sample of Cretan school children
(April 1, 2011)
Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976–2006
(Feb. 1, 2011)
Body mass index and percent body fat in a New Zealand multi-ethnic adolescent population
(Feb. 1, 2011)
Gestational weight gain and overweight in children: Results from the cross-sectional German KiGGS study
(Feb. 1, 2011)
Overweight among New Zealand adolescents: Associations with ethnicity and deprivation
(Dec. 1, 2010)
Influence of socioeconomic factors on fitness and fatness in Spanish adolescents: The AVENA study
(Dec. 1, 2010)
Body weight status and obstructive sleep apnea in children
(Jan. 24, 2012)
Mediterranean diet and waist circumference in a representative national sample of young Spaniards
(Dec. 1, 2010)
China joins the fatter nations
(Oct. 1, 2010)
Temporal trends in overweight and obesity of children and adolescents from nine Provinces in China from 1991–2006
(Oct. 1, 2010)
Trends in overweight among school children and adolescents in seven Chinese Provinces, from 1991–2004
(Oct. 1, 2010)
Prevalence and behavioral risk factors of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–18 in Beijing, China
(Oct. 1, 2010)
Body mass index and individual physical fitness tests in Taiwanese youth aged 9–18 years
(Oct. 1, 2010)
Assessment of total and central adiposity in Canadian Aboriginal children and their Caucasian peers
(Aug. 1, 2010)
Rural-urban differences in overweight and obesity among a large sample of adolescents in Ontario
(Aug. 1, 2010)
The relationship between school day sleep duration and body mass index in Norwegian children (aged 10–12)
(May 1, 2010)
A systematic review and mixed treatment comparison of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of obesity
(Jan. 30, 2012)
Promoter methylation of serotonin transporter gene is associated with obesity measures: a monozygotic twin study
(Jan. 31, 2012)
Prevalence of overweight and underweight in public and private schools in the Seychelles
(May 1, 2010)
Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2006
(April 1, 2010)
Waist circumference percentile curves for Bulgarian children and adolescents aged 6–18 years
(April 1, 2010)
Shifting curves? Trends trends in thinness and obesity among Australian youth, 1985 to 2010
(Feb. 1, 2012)
Spatial accessibility to physical activity facilities and to food outlets and overweight in French youth (open access)
(Feb. 7, 2012)
Nutrition standards for away-from-home foods in the USA
(Feb. 13, 2012)
Child overweight and obesity in the USA: Prevalence rates according to IOTF definitions
(July 1, 2007)
Changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in Algerian children between 2001 and 2006
(April 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–5 years in Bahrain: A comparison between two reference standards
(April 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in non-institutionalized people aged 65 or over from Spain: the elderly EXERNET multi-centre study
(Aug. 1, 2011)
Prevalence and secular changes in abdominal obesity in Canadian adolescents and adults, 1981 to 2007–2009
(June 1, 2011)
Overweight and obesity in a representative sample of schoolchildren – exploring the urban–rural gradient in Sweden
(May 1, 2011)
Prevalence of obesity and overweight in urban adult Nigerians
(April 1, 2011)
Prevalence of obesity in Switzerland 1992–2007: the impact of education, income and occupational class
(March 1, 2011)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Sri Lankan adults
(Nov. 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity in Dakar
(Oct. 1, 2010)
Body mass index and waist circumference in Mozambique: urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition
(Sept. 1, 2010)
The prevalence and trends of overweight, obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in the Arabian Gulf States
(Jan. 1, 2011)
The weight of US residence among immigrants: a systematic review
(April 1, 2010)
Percentile distributions of waist circumference for 7–19-year-old Polish children and adolescents
(April 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity in Indian women
(Feb. 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity in Thailand
(Nov. 1, 2009)
Obesity in the news: directions for future research
(Feb. 17, 2012)
Gestational weight gain and predicted changes in offspring anthropometrics between early infancy and 3 years
(Feb. 10, 2012)
Trends in body mass index and waist circumference among New Zealand adolescents, 1997/1998–2005
(July 1, 2009)
Prevalence of obesity and associated socioeconomic factors among Tunisian women from different living environments
(March 1, 2009)
Obesity in the Iranian population
(Jan. 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight in the Seychelles: 15 year trends and association with socio-economic status
(Nov. 1, 2008)
Changing patterns of diet, physical activity and obesity among urban, rural and slum populations in north India
(Sept. 1, 2008)
Prevalence and time trends in obesity among adult West African populations: a meta-analysis
(July 1, 2008)
Social-environmental factors associated with elevated body mass index in a Ukrainian cohort of children
(April 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in young Greek men
(March 1, 2008)
Rural Canadian adolescents are more likely to be obese compared with urban adolescents
(March 1, 2008)
Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults
(March 1, 2008)
Central adiposity in 9- and 15-year-old Swedish children from the European Youth Heart Study
(March 1, 2008)
Neighborhood characteristics in relation to diet, physical activity and overweight of Canadian children
(March 1, 2008)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 11-year-old children in Cyprus, 1997–2003
(March 1, 2008)
Factors associated with obesity in Indonesian adolescents
(March 1, 2008)
Overweight and obesity are rapidly emerging among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2002–2004
(March 1, 2007)
Correlates of body mass index among a nationally representative sample of New Zealand children
(Feb. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children and associated socio-demographic factors in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(Feb. 1, 2007)
Obesity in a provincial population of Canadian preschool children: Differences between 1984 and 1997 birth cohorts
(Feb. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity among schoolchildren in Iran
(July 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity in Denmark
(May 1, 2007)
Prevalence and socioeconomic risk factors of obesity among urban female students in Al-Khobar city, Eastern Saudi Arabia, 2003
(March 1, 2007)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands
(March 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity in Morocco
(Jan. 1, 2007)
Obesity in South Africa
(Nov. 1, 2006)
Prevalence of obesity in Portugal
(Aug. 1, 2006)
Scientific reports
USA: Fast Food Facts: Food advertising to children and teens score. Evaluating Fast Food Nutrition and Marketing to Youth
(Dec. 3, 2010)
Technical reports
Australia: A comprehensive Approach to Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Advertising and Promotion
(Aug. 1, 2010)
NGO reports
USA: Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children
(Feb. 20, 2004)
The Marketing of unhealthy food to children in Europe
(Jan. 1, 2005)
Government campaigns
Commercial statements
Australia: Alcohol Beverages Advertising Codes
(Jan. 1, 2004)
Australian quick service restaurant industry initiative for responsible advertising and marketing to children
(June 25, 2009)
Advocacy statements
Responcible marketing and advertising to children
(May 13, 2008)
Recommendations for an International Code on Marketing of Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to children
(May 23, 2007)
UK: New Media, Same Old Tricks-A Survey of the Marketing of Food to Children on Food Company Websites
(March 1, 2009)
UK: children targeted by online advertisements
(Jan. 31, 2011)
Civil society statements
UK: Cartoon Heroes and Villains
(Aug. 1, 2007)
Australia: A comprehensive approach to protecting children from unhealthy food advertising and promotion
(April 13, 2011)
Australia: Advertising in 'Tween' Magazines: Exploring the Considerations and Opportunities
(July 12, 2009)
UK: Fair Game? Assessing Comemercial Activity on Children's Favourite Websites and Online Environments
(March 5, 2007)
