at has been set up is likely to draw on the research, which is believed to be the first to assess the cost-effectiveness of ways to reduce childhood obesity. It is believed that according to the current statistics Australia now has the fastest growing rates among childhood obesity.

Announcing the results last week of a programme in Cola, where in 1800 children lost on average a kilogram and dropped three centimetres from their waistlines, the government explained that the program included convincing the local takeaway shops to cook using lower-fat oils, and enticing the children away from television. Other measures that are also being considered cost effective are family-based counselling with a paediatrician, dietician and psychologist.

The report had also indicated that a school-based program for the reduction in consumption of fizzy drinks was found to be cost-effective, but the evidence of its success was limited. Robert Hall the chief health officer while stating that all this has clearly proved that there needs to be no miracle to cure obesity said, “It's not like there's just a vaccine that we can role out for people. He further mentioned that, “What we will have to do is a whole range of different programs that act together.”

Dr Hall was also of the opinion that some of the conclusions of the report might be a “bit tentative” as the evidence base from which they were built was not very strong. Explaining that that just as how the rates of tobacco use had taken so many years to improve, so would obesity, he said, “We will need to adopt a wide range of different strategies that will change over time, and it will take a long time.”

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