This work was designed by the author, supervised and monitored by FAIMER and … The author fellow chose this project as being already engaged in national works on obesity prevention and control. Obesity is a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it can cause your health to deteriorate and even reduce your life expectancy. Action is being taken in Singapore to prevent and control obesity. The current efforts to prevent and control obesity in Singapore can be grouped into 5 areas: (1) Health promotion policies; (2) Promoting supportive environments through social programmes; (3) HPB … Obesity is most … Keywords: Obesity, physical activity, prevention, diet, overweight, body mass index, Singapore. It is a growing problem globally. Among the ethnic groups in Singapore… National Bureau of Asian Research: Washington, 2008. obesity prevention in singapore collaborative efforts among government, health professionals and the community Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions over the past 10 years. COS speech by Minister of Health Gan Kim Yong – … This is part of a worldwide phenomenon. 7 Reducing obesity in our population requires coordinated and continuous efforts … All these efforts have led to encouraging results – 80.9% of Singaporeans had sufficient total physical activity in 2017, up from 73.1% in 2013. Corpus ID: 55969097. Obesity is increasing in prevalence in Singapore. As countries … The prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2) among Singapore adults is on an upward trend, increasing from 5.5% in 1992 to 8.6% in 2013 (Fig. Introduction Singapore … OBESITY PREVENTION IN SINGAPORE: COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AMONG GOVERNMENT, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE COMMUNITY @inproceedings{Gupta2010OBESITYPI, title={OBESITY PREVENTION IN SINGAPORE: COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AMONG GOVERNMENT, HEALTH … Request PDF | Obesity prevention in Singapore: collaborative efforts among government, health professionals and the community | Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions over the past 10 … 1) with 9.4% of males and 7.9% of females considered obese. Evidence shows that obesity prevention policy and environmental change efforts should focus on facilitating a handful of key behaviors: This section of the website summarizes promising strategies for obesity prevention… Soon G, Koh Y, Wong M, Lam P. Obesity prevention and control efforts in Singapore. The fact that the rise in obesity in Singapore is lower than in other neighboring Asian countries attests to the partial success of the collaborative efforts.