Obesity Prevention-A Public Health Approach

Introduction Obesity epidemic rates are observance of the public health status of a nation. Obesity has health disastrous consequences including several chronic ailments; type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, asthma and sleep apnoea. For the overall improvement of public health, obesity preventive measures are mandatory. Obesity prevalence among adults has been increased in recent years. Achieving actions, International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and practice-based evidenced are based for obesity prevention. The measures to prevent obesity are starting at community level, then comes national level and finally global level of obesity prevention is of great significance. Several policies and programs have been developed and some are needed to develop for obesity prevention. Nutrition education regarding obesity prevention, health care units expanding the obesity European International Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 2 No. 9 November, 2013 209 preventive measures and appointment of registered dietitians at public health sectors will contribute towards the prevention of obesity at each leve