Actions necessary to prevent childhood obesity: creating the climate for change

Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 78 - 89
Published: Mar 1, 2007
Abstract
Childhood obesity has become a public health epidemic, and currently a battle exists over how to frame and address this problem. This paper explores how public policy approaches can be employed to address obesity. We present the argument that obesity should be viewed as the consequence of a toxic environment rather than the result of the population failing to take enough personal responsibility. In order to make progress in decreasing the...
Paper Details
Title
Actions necessary to prevent childhood obesity: creating the climate for change
Published Date
Mar 1, 2007
Volume
35
Issue
1
Pages
78 - 89
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