Heywood Susan M, Deschamps Renee
Victorian Public Health Training Scheme, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Healthc Pap. 2008;9(1):49-52; discussion 62-67. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2008.20181.
Policy that creates supportive, health-enabling environments to assist people to make healthy choices in relation to food consumption and physical activity is urgently needed. Havala Hobbs and Seeman highlight the challenges of obtaining obesity policy on political agendas. Policy solutions exist; however, they involve action from mainly non-health sectors. The role of public health professionals in making this a reality will be discussed. Public health needs to increase the capacity of the sector to advocate for political support and work collaboratively to develop policy between, not just within, sectors. Leadership and political nous are necessary to gain the political support required to allow supportive environments to become a reality.
迫切需要制定政策，营造有利健康的支持性环境，以帮助人们在食物消费和体育活动方面做出健康选择。哈瓦拉·霍布斯和西曼强调了将肥胖问题政策提上政治议程所面临的挑战。政策解决方案是存在的；然而，它们主要涉及非卫生部门的行动。将讨论公共卫生专业人员在实现这一目标方面的作用。公共卫生部门需要提高自身能力，争取政治支持，并跨部门（而不仅仅是部门内部）合作制定政策。要获得使支持性环境成为现实所需的政治支持，领导力和政治智慧必不可少。
