NDLI: The politics of obesity: a current assessment and look ahead.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Kersh, Rogan
Spatial Coverage	United States
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Kersh R ( NYU Wagner School, New York University, 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012, USA. rk79@nyu.edu)
Abstract	CONTEXT: The continuing rise in obesity rates across the United States has proved impervious to clinical treatment or public health exhortation, necessitating policy responses. Nearly a decade's worth of political debates may be hardening into an obesity issue regime, comprising established sets of cognitive frames, stakeholders, and policy options. METHODS: This article is a survey of reports on recently published studies. FINDINGS: Much of the political discussion regarding obesity is centered on two 'frames,' personal-responsibility and environmental, yielding very different sets of policy responses. While policy efforts at the federal level have resulted in little action to date, state and/or local solutions such as calorie menu labeling and the expansion of regulations to reduce unhealthy foods at school may have more impact. CONCLUSIONS: Obesity politics is evolving toward a relatively stable state of equilibrium, which could make comprehensive reforms to limit rising obesity rates less feasible. Therefore, to achieve meaningful change, rapid-response research identifying a set of promising reforms, combined with concerted lobbying action, will be necessary.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	0887378X
e-ISSN	14680009
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00556.x
Journal	Milbank Quarterly
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	87
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley
Publisher Date	2009-03-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Discipline Health Services Discipline Public Health Energy Intake Health Promotion Legislation & Jurisprudence Nutrition Policy Obesity Prevention & Control School Health Services Social Marketing Adolescent Nutritional Status Nutritive Value Epidemiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health Policy

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