WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and Related Research and Training at Deakin University

Latest news:

• The Pasifika Medical Association Conference, Auckland October 22, 2008:
  • Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities (OPIC) Project symposium on interventions, research findings and lessons learnt
  • Baseline Results from the Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities (OPIC) Project in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Australia (1.68MB)
• The WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and Related Research and Training Parliamentary Inquiry into Obesity Submission(pdf 300k), June 20, 2008.

Background

The World Health Organisation awarded Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences at Deakin University official CollaboratingCentre status in 2003.

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and Related Research and Training is building evidence base and training programs needed to prevent obesity, especially in children and adolescents, in developed and developing countries.

Major Activities include:

• Support and evaluation for 7 whole-of-community childhood obesity prevention programs
• Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of obesity interventions (ACE Obesity)
• Cochrane systematic reviews on obesity prevention
• Post-graduate studies and short course professional development in obesity prevention
• Support for international initiatives for obesity prevention through WHO and the International Obesity Taskforce

Current projects include: