Pharmacoeconomics
Volume 33, Issue 7, July 2015
http://link.springer.com/journal/40273/33/7/page/1

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Issue Theme: Economic Consequences of Obesity
Article
Policy Makers’ Views of Obesity-Related Challenges Around the World
Pierre Cremieux
Policy makers from across the world discuss the measures undertaken by their governments to combat rising obesity levels. They include Patricia Constante Jaime (Coordinator of Food and Nutrition, Ministry of Health of Brazil), Kimberly Elmslie (Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada), Bin Wang (Deputy Director of the Disease Control Division, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China [MOH]), François Crémieux (Chief Executive Officer, University Hospitals of the North Paris Region, France), and Mark McClellan (Director, Initiatives on Value and Innovation in Health Care, Brookings Institution, and former FDA Commissioner and CMS Administrator, USA).