| ABM | Agent-Based Model |
| ACTRN | Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials |
| BAEW | Be Active Eat Well |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BMI-z | Body Mass Index z score |
| DES | Discrete Event Simulation |
| DU-HREC | Deakin University’s Human Research Ethics Committee |
| GLOBE | Global Obesity Centre |
| GMB | Group Model Building |
| GSCRV | Great South Coast Region of Victoria |
| HEAG-H | Deakin University’s Human Ethics Advisory Group-Health |
| ISCOLE | International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment |
| SD | System Dynamics |
| SNA | Social Network Snalysis |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| STOPS | Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies |