Borys J-M, Valdeyron L, Levy E, Vinck J, Edell D, Walter L, Ruault du Plessis H, Harper P, Richard P, Barriguette A
EPODE European Network Coordinating Team, Proteines, Paris, France.
Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
Eur Endocrinol. 2013 Aug;9(2):116-120. doi: 10.17925/EE.2013.09.02.116. Epub 2013 Aug 23.
Obesity is a global epidemic: it is estimated that the majority of the world's adults will be overweight or obese by 2030. It is therefore important to reverse trends towards increasing childhood obesity by interventions at the community level. Ensemble Prévenons l'obésité Des Enfants (EPODE, Together Let's Prevent Childhood Obesity) is a large-scale, coordinated, capacity-building approach for communities to implement effective and sustainable strategies to address this challenge. EPODE comprises four critical components: political commitment, public and private partnerships, community-based actions, and evaluation. The multi-stakeholder approach promoted through the EPODE methodology has already shown encouraging results in preventing childhood obesity in France and Belgium and has reduced the socioeconomic gap in obesity prevalence in France. The EPODE methodology has now been implemented in a number of countries worldwide, and provides a valuable model that may be applicable to other lifestyle-related diseases.
据估计，到2030年世界上大多数成年人将超重或肥胖。因此，通过社区层面的干预措施扭转儿童肥胖率上升的趋势非常重要。“让我们共同预防儿童肥胖”（Ensemble Prévenons l'obésité Des Enfants，EPODE）是一种大规模、协调一致的能力建设方法，旨在帮助社区实施有效且可持续的策略来应对这一挑战。EPODE包含四个关键要素：政治承诺、公私伙伴关系、基于社区的行动以及评估。通过EPODE方法推广的多利益相关方方法，在法国和比利时预防儿童肥胖方面已取得了令人鼓舞的成果，并缩小了法国肥胖患病率方面的社会经济差距。EPODE方法目前已在全球多个国家实施，并提供了一个可能适用于其他与生活方式相关疾病的宝贵模式。
