HealthAffairs Blog Obesity Prevention : A Responsive Communitarian Approach ( Part 2 )
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Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part post by Amitai Etzioni examining the nation’s anti-obesity policies through the lens of a responsive communitarian philosophy. Yesterday, Etzioni laid out a responsive communitarian framework and used it to diagnose the problems with our current methods of fighting obesity. Today, Etzioni describes how these current policies should be refocused. Julia Milton contributed research assistance to this post.
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