Collection
Food & Obesity Collection
A deadly epidemic of obesity is spreading across the world, from the most affluent societies to places where it coexists with serious hunger and food shortages. In 2004, the Journal of Public Health Policy published a special section on Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic. Relying on the work of our Editorial Board member Marion Nestle and the Public Health Advocacy Institute, this collection of papers shifted the responsibility (and blame) from individuals who eat too much and exercise too little, to an increasingly powerful and concentrated food industry that, in quest of profits, markets its inexpensive, tasty, and convenient products in greater and greater quantities – often more than the population can consume and remain healthy. Many articles in subsequent issues picked up on this theme, thus the Journal of Public Health Policy has published extensively on public health aspects of overweight and obesity globally. The articles in the Food & Obesity Collection consider how societal and institutional change can reduce and prevent the serious health consequences of overweight. Anthony Robbins, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA Phyllis Freeman, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Articles (28 in this collection)
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Analysis of the labelling of a sample of commercial foods for infants and young children in 13 countries
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Social vulnerability, parity and food insecurity in urban South African young women: the healthy life trajectories initiative (HeLTI) study
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High-fat milk consumption in Iran: Lessons from a recent policy affecting public health
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Breakfast cereal industry pledges to self-regulate advertising to youth: Will they improve the marketing landscape?
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State Sales Tax Rates for Soft Drinks and Snacks Sold through Grocery Stores and Vending Machines, 2007
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