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Adipositas: Eine Herausforderung für Public Health

Obesity: a challenge for public health

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Angesichts des inzwischen epidemischen Ausmaβes von Übergewicht und Adipositas sowie auch deren Begleit- und Folgeerkrankungen sind sowohl eine nachhaltig wirksame Behandlung als auch eine Public Health-Strategie zur Prävention der A dipositas notwendig. Beide Strategien sind komplementär und nicht konkurrierend. Ohne eine gleichzeitige Public Health-Strategie bleiben die Erfolge der individuellen Behandlung begrenzt. Adipositas ist nicht nur ein individuelles Problem, es ist aueh ein Problem unserer Gesellschaft. Wir sind heute eine „übergewichtige Gesellschaft“ welche sich auf dem Weg in eine „adipöse Gesellschaft“ befindet. Es ist an der Zeit, unsere Gesundheit in den Mittelpunkt der öffentlichen Auseinandersetzung zu stellen. Wir brauchen nationale und verschiedene Bereiche unserer Gesellschaft miteinbeziehende Aktionen zur Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention. Diese bedörfen der Einbindung von Politikern und verantwortlichen Interessenvertretern. Angehörige von Gesundheitsberufen sollten die Anwaltschaft für eine solche Aktion übernehmen.

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Faced with the obesity epidemic there is need for therapy as well as public health strategies for health promotion and obesity prevention. Both strategies add to each other, none should be done in isolation. Obesity is not only an individual problem. It is also a problem of our society. We are now an overweight society which is on the way to a fat society. There is urgent need for a national public health strategy for population wide prevention of overweight and obesity. Health authorities as well as politicians are asked to support public health strategies creating a supportive environment for making healthy choices.

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J. Müller, M., Mast, M. & Langnäse, K. Adipositas: Eine Herausforderung für Public Health. Z. f. Gesundheitswiss. 10, 11–20 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02962489

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