...Eduardo J. Gómez Abstract Why do governments pursue obesity legislation? And is the case of Brazil unique compared with other nations when considering the politics of policy reform? Using a nested analytic approach to comparative research, I found that theoretical frameworks accounting for why...

...Harold A. Pollack Copyright © 2016 by Duke University Press 2016 Activists debate whether obesity and related nutrition and inactivity risk factors have finally overtaken tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable mortality and morbidity in the United States today. Whatever the outcome...

...John Cawley Abstract A large number and range of policies to address the obesity epidemic have been implemented. However, the prevalence of obesity has continued to rise, or at best has leveled off, and many individual interventions have had disappointing results. This has led some people...

... to the obesity epidemic—a claim few accept. This article examines the organizational dynamics and policy process behind Coke's efforts to sway obesity policy—globally and in China, a critical market—during 1995–2015. Methods: In-depth, qualitative research during 2013–18 involved 10 weeks of fieldwork in Beijing...

...Victor G. Rodwin Eduardo J. Gómez . Geopolitics in Health: Confronting Obesity, Aids and Tuberculosis in the Emerging BRICS Economies . Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press . 2018 . 304 pp. $34.95 paper. Copyright © 2019 by Duke University Press 2019...

...Rogan Kersh; James A. Morone Health care politics are changing. They increasingly focus not on avowedly public projects (such as building the health care infrastructure) but on regulating private behavior. Examples include tobacco, obesity, abortion, drug abuse, the right to die, and even...

...Abigail C. Saguy; Kevin W. Riley Despite recent and growing media attention surrounding obesity in the United States, the so-called obesity epidemic remains a highly contested scientific and social fact. This article examines the contemporary obesity debate through systematic examination...

...J. Eric Oliver; Taeku Lee Health policy experts have recently sounded the warning about the severe health and economic consequences of America's growing rates of obesity. Despite this fact, obesity has only begun to enter America's political consciousness and we have little information about what...

...Kelly D. Brownell © 2005 by Duke University Press 2005 © 2005 by Duke University Press. Commentary The Chronicling of Obesity: Growing Awareness of Its Social, Economic, and Political Contexts...

...Ellen J. Fried Michael E. Oakes. Bad Foods: Changing Attitudes about What We Eat . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2004. 136 pp. $29.95 cloth. Kelly D. Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen. Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do...

...Michael T. Heaney J. Eric Oliver. Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 240 pp. $28.00 cloth. Duke University Press 2007 Campos, Paul. 2004 . The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous...

...Malana Essington; Attila J. Hertelendy Abstract Obesity affects America's children both in childhood and into their adult years. Unfortunately, a long history of public policy has done little to effectively reduce obesity among children. Federal programs including the National School Lunch Program...

... behind America’s Obesity Epidemic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 240 pp. $28.00 cloth. U.S. surgeon general David Satcher declared obesity a major public health problem in his 2001 Call to Action. He warned that “overweight and obe- sity may not be infectious diseases, but they have...

... Oliver. Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America’s Obesity Epidemic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 240 pp. $28.00 cloth. U.S. surgeon general David Satcher declared obesity a major public health problem in his 2001 Call to Action. He warned that “overweight and obe- sity may...

... . Guilt, Fear,Stigma, and Knowledge Gaps: Ethical Issues in Public Health Communication. Bioethics 18 : 531 -552. Iyengar, S. 1991 . Is Anyone Responsible?How Television Frames Political Issues . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kersh, R., and J. Morone. 2002 . The Politics of Obesity...

...Michelle M. Mello Growing awareness of the role that food and beverage advertising plays in the epidemic of childhood obesity has prompted calls for stricter oversight of advertising practices. The food and beverage industries have taken voluntary steps in this direction, but many commentators have...

... 2005 Contents Special Issue: The Politics of Obesity Editor’s Note Mark Schlesinger 785 The Popeye Principle: Selling Child Health in the First Nutrition Crisis Laura Lovett 803 Obesity...

... for the Public's Health . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Bennet Terry . 2012 . Comment on Posner Richard , “ Bloomberg, Sugar, and Obesity .” The Becker-Posner Blog . ( June 18 ) www.becker-posner-blog.com/2012/06/bloomberg-sugar-and-obesityposner.html . Bhattacharya Jay...

...: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America’s Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do about It. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 352 pp. $24.95 cloth. Tim Lang and Michael Heasman. Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds, and Markets. London: Earthscan, 2003. 224 pp. $99.95 cloth; $35.00 paper...