I also am not within this sphere of influence, but would like to believe
if we all start talking about this and start by doing little things,
eventually that sphere will have to be influenced... A possible way to
start doing this as brief interventions is below.
Perhaps it can start as simply as raising awareness of those families
you speak directly to that they are impacted by food advertising and
that the overweight and obesity issues we are seeing is not entirely or
even at all of their own making. I feel that if we are to start making
progress with individuals we need to stop blaming them for this problem,
guilt generally doesn't help, at least not in the long run. We can let
them know how they are being influenced and how our food environment has
changed to create the problem we are in. Take some of the pressure off.
Talk to them, let them know they are not bad people, bad parents, or
lazy, we are all trying to make our way in this crazy world and the
choices put in front of us are usually not for our benefit. Let them
know we don't have to be stick thin, or even within our target BMI to be
healthy. We need to help them function as best as they can in this
crazy consumer world we are currently in.
I believe that if we raise awareness of this, much like has been done
with Tobacco, people will eventually get mad about how they have been
manipulated and this in itself can motivate big change.
I highly recommend reading the book Appetite for Profit by Michele
Simon.
Tanya Beattie, Public Health Promoter
-----Original Message-----
From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Nicholson Ellen
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:11 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CLICK4HP] Obesity Interventions
I agree entirely but unfortunately my sphere of influence does not
extend
that far, hence why I am looking for some best practice approaches to
brief
intervention.
-----Original Message-----
From: Beattie, Tanya [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 17 December 2008 14:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Obesity Interventions
At risk of entirely taking the blame off of parents and children, my
suggestion is to start focusing our "interventions" on the source of
this problem, our food supply. Only when our food supply is returned to
the way it is supposed to be, and the food industry is no longer
permitted to target our children (and us) with their processed and
convenience food ads, not even mentioning their tendency to not tell the
public the truth about their products, will we see an actual change in
the public's weight. This is not an individual behaviour problem, this
is a problem on a population level, our food supply has changed so
drastically over the past 40 or 50 years and now the symptom of this
problem is overweight and obesity. Let's all start focusing on dealing
with the source problem, that is my recommendation.
Tanya Beattie, Public Health Promoter
-----Original Message-----
From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Linda H. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:35 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CLICK4HP] Obesity Interventions
At the risk of putting my tongue right in my cheek, ' brief intervention
'
would be to say hello to the youngster and then go work the bigger
intervention on the parents!!
Sorry, couldn't resist as I see so many children being parented with
food
and not consistent parenting and family habits...
Been there and still fighting it!
Linda RN BA
----Original Message Follows----
From: Nicholson Ellen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Health Promotion on the Internet <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [CLICK4HP] Obesity Interventions
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:29:51 -0000
Hello,
Just wondering if anyone knew of any research into the effectiveness of
"brief intervention" work to support weight loss, particularly with
children.
Many thanks,
Ellen Nicholson
Public Health Policy and Performance Officer
NHS Cambridgeshire
Ph 01223 884805
Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase
"unsubscribe
click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your subscription
(and create a password) go to
http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html
To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase
"unsubscribe click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your
subscription (and create a password) go to
http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html
To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase
"unsubscribe
click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your subscription
(and create a password) go to
http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html
To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase
"unsubscribe click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your
subscription (and create a password) go to
http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html
To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase "unsubscribe click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your subscription (and create a password) go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html
|
