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Getting from Fat to Fit: The Role of Policy in the Obesity Disaster

Suzanne Havala Hobbs
Increasing health and economic costs of overweight and obesity underscore the urgency of finding effective means of addressing the problem. There is broad support within the public health community for approaches that are holistic in nature, taking into account a host of factors that make up the ...

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Vol. 9 No. 1 2008 | Obesity Policy

Notes from the Editor-in-Chief
Peggy Leatt

Invited Essay
The Prevention Moment: A Post-partisan Approach to Obesity Policy

Neil Seeman

Commentary
Getting from Analysis to Action: Framing Obesity Research, Policy and Practice with a Solution-Oriented Complex Systems Lens

Diane T. Finegood, Özge Karanfil and Carrie L. Matteson

The Danger in Conservative Framing of a Complex, Systems-Level Issue

Alan Shiell

What Are We Waiting For?

Trevor Silverstone

The Role of Public Health Professionals in Obesity Policy

Susan M. Heywood and Renee Deschamps

Building Public Support for Anti-obesity Policy Initiatives

Bruce Silverglade

The Obesity Epidemic and the Rise and Fall of Public Health

David Gratzer

The Authors Respond

Neil Seeman and Suzanne Havala Hobbs

What is Healthcare Papers?

Review of new models in healthcare. Bridging the gap between the world of academia and the world of healthcare management and policy. Authors explore the potential of new ideas. Edited by Dr. Peggy Leatt, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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