conclusions of evidence synthesis makes the information easier for decision makers to understand as they consider each potential intervention or set of interventions that combine individual actions or strategies (both referred to from this point further as reporting on a potential intervention).

As these reports on many different interventions and combinations of interventions begin to proliferate and become broadly available, they will serve as starting points for others facing similar decisions in similar environments. They also are likely to promote productive discussion and debate among decision makers and others, as well as assist researchers and research funders as they decide which kinds of studies are most needed for obesity prevention decision making.

The L.E.A.D. framework calls for summarizing the conclusions of evidence synthesis for each potential intervention by using a uniform reporting template that carefully follows the main tenets of the framework. It is most likely that these reports will be developed by the decision maker’s intermediaries—his/her own staff; staff from a particular government department, such as public health; or a group that specializes in gathering and synthesizing evidence. The report should follow that template presented in Box 7-3. The following subsections briefly describe each element of this template and offer specific examples to illustrate its purpose within the decision-making context starting with a brief example of a L.E.A.D. framework report (Box 7-4).