Landscape analysis tool on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
About
This tool is intended to support UNICEF when working together with government and UN partners in the prevention and control of childhood overweight and obesity.
The purpose of the tool is to assist in conducting a landscape analysis, the results of which will enable UNICEF and partners to provide tailored guidance to government counterparts so that the government is better equipped to develop appropriate policies to tackle childhood overweight and obesity.
This tool is an aid to understanding whether overweight and obesity is an issue in a given country context, understand the trajectory of change and underlying factors driving these changes, such as maternal nutrition, infant and young child feeding practices, dietary and physical activity shifts among children, and obesogenic food and built environments. In addition, the landscape analysis will review the current policy and programme context against existing recommendations and guidance to identify any possible gaps.
Based on this assessment, UNICEF, together with government counterparts and UN partners, can support in the definition of country-level strategies and actions to halt the rise.
You can download the tool in both English and Spanish.
In addition to downloading the tool and accompanying worksheets on this page, please see here for examples of completed country landscape analysis reports and policy briefs from UNICEF teams across East Asia and the Pacific.
