Tags: Obesity, Obesogenic environment, Physical activities, Social drivers, Technological drivers, Economic drivers, Environmental drivers, Political drivers, Future trends

This paper is intended to inform the Foresight project on obesity, in its scoping stage at the time of writing. The project will explore how science and technology and a consideration of alternative futures might help to address some of the factors underlying the growth in obesity. This paper is a review of existing written viewpoints, mostly of UK or US origin and all in English language, and faced the inevitable constraints of time and resources. The intention is that it should stimulate discussion and to help Foresight to decide what the project should and should not cover.

Foresight - Trends and drivers of obesity - A literature review for the Foresight project on obesity.pdf