A joint report from the OECD and WHO, attempts to strengthen the existing evidence-base on the efficiency of interventions to tackle unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles. This economic analysis, Improving lifestyles, tackling obesity: the health and economic impact of prevention strategies, recognises that many governments have implemented a range of policies to promote healthy lifestyles but that they have been hindered by the limited availability of evidence about the effectiveness of interventions in changing lifestyles and reducing obesity.
"The adoption of a “multi-stakeholder” approach is increasingly invoked by many as the most sensible way forward to prevent chronic diseases linked to unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles. No party is in a position to meaningfully reduce the size of the obesity problem and associated chronic diseases without the co-operation of other stakeholders."
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