The authors suggest further research is needed to clarify the most effective interventions and the long term effect.
Unfortunately, even the most effective interventions appear to have only modest effects [ 19].
One of the most effective interventions in getting more people cycling, and walking, was "individualised travel planning", the study found.
Small caseloads and long-term, intensive support are essential: the most effective interventions provide support for over a year, with workers visiting several times a week.
And even if you think that it should, or could, the most effective interventions are not at all clear.
Poor countries, meanwhile, should reassure them that they will give priority to scaling up the most effective interventions.
We need a sustained approach to supporting children and families that continues even when government changes, to avoid short-termism and ensure the funding is there year-on-year to sustain the most effective interventions.
"The recent, groundbreaking McKinsey report ranked the most effective interventions to tackle obesity worldwide – portion control and reformulation of foods came out top, with restrictions on sports sponsorship nowhere on the list.
"You have one of the simplest, most effective interventions ever invented being limited by how much money you have, rather than country demand or regulatory problems".
Industry will only agree to interventions that don't affect the bottom line and most effective interventions do affect the bottom line".
This systematic review examined the most effective interventions to date.
