Community-based Intervention

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Obesity Prevention with Professor Boyd Swinburn

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The WHO'S collaborative community-based intervention project was conducted over 3 years to discover the different environment changes including schools, physical activities can help children to grow up in an environment which is dedicated to the healthy food association. Geelong was used as an experimental testing ground because it offered both an Urban and Rural approaches to the study. 1. Project 1) was in Colac and had a primary school children focus. 1a. After the project concluded the primary school children in the area were gaining 1 Kg less than the children within Victoria. 1b. The WHO project helped to reduce the inequalities found within the area. 2. Project 2) Children under 5 years old. 3. Project 3) An Adolescences focus and remains an area of difficulty.