Public health interventions for the prevention and treatment of obesity

Kathryn Schmitz; H. Schmitz; R. W. Jeffery

doi:10.1016/s0025-7125(05)70233-9

Public health interventions for the prevention and treatment of obesity

Kathryn Schmitz, H. Schmitz, R. W. Jeffery

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Abstract

Epidemic obesity is one of the few undesirable consequences of humanity's mastery of the environment. This article reviews public health approaches to preventing and treating obesity. The most encouraging efforts to date have been interventions targeting children in both medical and community surroundings. Treating and preventing obesity in adults has been less successful. It is suggested that taking an environmental health perspective on the obesity problem may facilitate the advancement of scientific understanding of this important health issue.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	491-512
Number of pages	22
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	84
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0025-7125(05)70233-9
State	Published - 2000

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Public health interventions for the prevention and treatment of obesity

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