Wgt Mgmt Exam 1 - Political Aspects Of Obesity

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Personal Responsibility

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don't overeat, avoid low nutrition/high fat foods

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Governments Current Role

Back 2

Physical Activity Guidelines
Government sanctioned nutrition education

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Obesogenic Environment Factors e.g.

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Bigger seats,
Abundance of food and value meals enable people to become obese,
Not enough regulation and control of children food

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National Policy Options

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Ban junk food ads
subsidize healthy food
limit/tax unhealthy foods
Calorie labelling

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Foods of minimal nutritional value (CC SW)

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Chewing gum, certain candies, soft drinks, water ices

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Reformulation

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call for dietary reformulation of products, give tax cuts and provide money for $$ (most companies won't tho)

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Big Food and Tobacco Similarities

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-damage health in some way
-industries attacked by media
-lead to premature, preventable death
-addictive (chemical/nicotine vs comfort and control of food)

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Big Food & Tobacco Differences

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food is necessary for life
the industry is more complex and isn't necessarily harmful at all doses

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Personal Responsibility Strategy (favored by Big food)

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-Push Personal Responsibility,
-Argue gov policy against personal freedom
-Emphasize physical activity over diet
-Stress no good or bad foods

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Big food company value

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-taken on service work
-very powerful and wealthy, influence governement

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Obesity in School history from 80s

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80s: food budget cut
90s food carts and lots of liquid calories available

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How Church and Clothing industry obesogenic

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church focuses on acceptance, the soul
clothing industry renamed sizes, making 3 or 5 a size 0 now

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Policy response for obesity feasible?

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with strong policy, changes can be made such as with tobacco. Must overcome lobby and alter obesogenic enviro!