Implementation of strategies to address obesity on a global scale has not yet begun in earnest. One key issue is uncertainty about the relative importance of taking aggressive action on the food vs. physical activity side of the energy balance equation, recognizing that interventions in both areas are critical. Using data on obesity prevalence, food availability, and selected economic and sociodemographic indicators from member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an article in this volume of the Annual Review of Public Health provides estimates and projections to help resolve this uncertainty. The analyses presented support the authors' hypothesis that most of the recent rise in obesity is attributable to excess caloric intake. The implication that policies to curb overconsumption might include deliberate changes in the price structure of the food supply should stimulate debate about our current agricultural and trade paradigms, particularly because any such global policies would also affect the developing world.

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全球卡路里计数：适合肥胖社会的锻炼。

尚未真正开始在全球范围内实施解决肥胖症的战略。一个关键问题是不确定在能量平衡方程中对食物和身体活动方面采取积极行动的相对重要性，认识到这两个领域的干预都是至关重要的。利用来自经济合作与发展组织成员国的肥胖症患病率，食物供应以及选定的经济和社会人口学指标的数据，《公共卫生年度回顾》这一卷中的一篇文章提供了估计和预测，以帮助解决这一不确定性。提出的分析支持作者的假设，即最近肥胖的大部分上升都归因于热量摄入过多。