The document discusses strategies to prevent obesity, emphasizing the importance of counteracting obesogenic environmental factors, promoting adequate sleep, enhancing nutritional competence, and encouraging healthy food behaviors. It also highlights findings from the Quebec Family Study, showing significant correlations between various risk factors and obesity, including the effects of sleep duration on appetite and body composition. The research concludes that addressing lifestyle factors and education can significantly impact obesity prevention efforts.

1. How do wepreventobesityin 2011?Angelo TremblayDivision of Kinesiology

2. How do wepreventobesityin 2011?By counteracting the impact of obesogenicenvironmentalfactors

3. By promotingadequatesleep

4. By increasing the physicalwork/cognitive effort ratio

5. By investing in nutrition competence and healthyfoodavailability

6. By promotinghealthyfood-relatedbehaviours

7. By investing in preventivepharmacology !!!The QuebecFamilyStudyexperience

8. Risk factors for overweight and obesity in adulthood: Results from the Quebec Family StudyRisk factors Adjusted OR BW (kg) vs (cross-sectional) reference category (6 y follow-up)Short sleep duration 3.81* 1.65High disinhibition eating 3.8* 1.46behaviorLow dietary calcium intake 2.88* 1.3High susceptibility to hunger 2.2* 1.28behaviorNon-participation in high-intensity 2.03* 1.23physical exerciseHigh dietary restraint behavior 2.01* 1.09Non-consumption of multivitamin 1.86* 0.87 and dietary supplementsHigh dietary lipid intake 1.64** 0.61High alcohol intake 1.37** 0.39*p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05Adapted from Chaput et al, Obesity 2009

9. How do wepreventobesityin 2011?By counteracting the impact of obesogenicenvironmentalfactors

10. By promotingadequatesleep

11. By increasing the physicalwork/cognitive effort ratio