Table 1.

New intervention strategies suggested during the group discussion with their corresponding votes

Suggested intervention strategiesReceived votes
Sensitizing the public to recognize obesity as a pathology0
Accrediting more health-care facilities to the National Institute for Obesity Care (INCO)0
Training teachers on healthy eating habits0
Institutional efforts to promote a better work–life balance and respect for leisure time0
Incorporating playful and formative activities0
Emphasizing emotional education0
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach0
Ensuring greater accessibility to healthy and sustainable food0
Offering financial incentives to those who commute by bike0
Creating work-based gyms to encourage physical activity during lunch breaks0
Limiting screen time0
Promoting biking or walking to school/work0
Forming walking groups for collective activity0
Providing psychological support0
Educating people on eating behaviours and the relationship with food0
Conducting home visits for severely obese individuals1
Enhancing connections with remote areas and promoting collaboration among professionals0
Reduce or limit the use of telemedicine0
Educating general practitioners (GPs) about lifestyle and obesity management3
Create predictive risk indicators using AI and medical records0
Improving access to sustainable transport and public mobility0
Systematizing and focusing interventions for greater impact0
Developing tools (e.g. corporate bonuses, reward schemes and applications) that encourage healthy living and physical activity5
Increasing the amount of activity during school holidays and reducing the amount of time spent in the classroom1
Increasing the number of health-promoting university courses (e.g. courses in subjects such as sports science)1
Support voluntary organisations (e.g. the Scouts) that promote healthy lifestyles0
Introduce weight-based proportional taxes1
Assessing the psychological aspects, in addition to weight, that influence unhealthy food choices2
Teaching health professionals to speak in a non-stigmatizing, inclusive way0
Rewarding students, classes and workers who regularly practice physical activity2
Developing school projects focused on physical activity, healthy eating and engaging children1
Organizing teaching sessions for parents, especially new ones1
Creating educational cartoons that address healthy lifestyles, diets and physical activity while explaining the concept of obesity and its consequences4
Designing an innovative, government-backed app as a reliable source of information on physical and mental health, aimed at preventing obesity2
Organize training workshops in schools to teach families and parents about healthy eating2
Strengthening obesity centres2
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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