Title |
Addressing the policy cacophony does not require more evidence: an argument for reframing obesity as caloric overconsumption
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1042 |
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Authors |
Jacob J Shelley |
Abstract |
Numerous policies have been proposed to address the public health problem of obesity, resulting in a policy cacophony. The noise of so many policy options renders it difficult for policymakers to determine which policies warrant implementation. This has resulted in calls for more and better evidence to support obesity policy. However, it is not clear that evidence is the solution. This paper argues that to address the policy cacophony it is necessary to rethink the problem of obesity, and more specifically, how the problem of obesity is framed. This paper argues that the frame "obesity" be replaced by the frame "caloric overconsumption", concluding that the frame caloric overconsumption can overcome the obesity policy cacophony. |
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