Reducing Obesity: Motivating Action While Not Blaming the Victim
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Reducing obesity: motivating action while not blaming the victim.
CONTEXT The rise in obesity in the United States may slow or even reverse the long-term trend of increasing life expectancy. Like many risk factors for disease, obesity results from behavior and shows a social gradient. Especially among women, obesity is more common among lower-income individuals, those with less education, and some ethnic/racial minorities. METHODS This article examines the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0887-378X,1468-0009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00547.x