Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study

Knud Ryom; Paul Bloch; Ulla Toft; Didde Høeg; Louise T. Thomsen; Steven Allender; Harry Rutter; Adrian Bauman; Rikke Fredenslund Krølner; Anders Blædel Gottlieb Hansen

doi:10.1186/s12961-024-01279-4

Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study

Knud Ryom, Paul Bloch, Ulla Toft, Didde Høeg, Louise T. Thomsen, Steven Allender, Harry Rutter, Adrian Bauman, Rikke Fredenslund Krølner, Anders Blædel Gottlieb Hansen

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Abstract

Childhood obesity is a preventable global public health challenge, increasingly recognized as a complex problem, stemming from complex drivers. Obesity is characterized by multiple interdependencies and diverse influences at different societal levels. Tackling childhood obesity calls for a holistic approach that engages with complexity and recognizes that there is no single “magic bullet” intervention to prevent obesity. To facilitate a shared understanding of the complex structures and relationships that determine children’s weight development, systems approaches have shown promising potential. However, systems approaches require more development and research in public health.

Original language	English
Journal	Health Research Policy and Systems
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01279-4
Publication status	Published - 22 Jan 2025

Data Availability Statement

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study. Protocols and scripts used for the workshops are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge all the stakeholders participating in our two workshops, as well as the funding that supported and made this study possible.

Funding

The study is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (grant no. NNF22SA0077224). The funders played no role in design of the study, writing of this article nor in the decision to submit the article to BMC Health Research Policy and Systems.

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Ryom, K., Bloch, P., Toft, U., Høeg, D., Thomsen, L. T., Allender, S., Rutter, H., Bauman, A., Krølner, R. F., & Hansen, A. B. G. (2025). Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01279-4

Ryom, K, Bloch, P, Toft, U, Høeg, D, Thomsen, LT, Allender, S, Rutter, H, Bauman, A, Krølner, RF & Hansen, ABG 2025, 'Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study', Health Research Policy and Systems, vol. 23, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01279-4

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