Japanese and American public health approaches to preventing population weight gain: A role for paternalism?

Volume: 143, Pages: 62 - 70
Published: Oct 1, 2015
Abstract
Controlling population weight gain is a major concern for industrialized nations because of associated health risks. Although Japan is experiencing rising prevalence of obesity and overweight, historically they have had and continue to maintain a low prevalence relative to other developed countries. Therefore, Japan provides an interesting case study of strategies to curb population weight gain. In this paper we explore Japanese approaches to...
Paper Details
Title
Japanese and American public health approaches to preventing population weight gain: A role for paternalism?
Published Date
Oct 1, 2015
Volume
143
Pages
62 - 70
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