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Obesity: a public health approach.

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Novak, NL; Brownell, KD
Published in: The Psychiatric clinics of North America
December 2011

Obesity is an epidemic that likely will worsen without substantive changes to the current environment. Although treatment of the individual has conventionally been the focus of the obesity field, prevention using a public health model will be essential for making progress on a population level. There are encouraging signs that communities across the country are acknowledging the complex causes of obesity and making impressive reforms to improve their health and that of their children. Public policy changes long have been used to combat infectious and chronic diseases and will be vital in the attempt to reduce the toll of poor diet, physical inactivity, and obesity.

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The Psychiatric clinics of North America

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1558-3147

ISSN

0193-953X

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

895 / 909

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Environment
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Public Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Prevalence
  • Obesity
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Marketing
  • Male
 

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Novak, N. L., & Brownell, K. D. (2011). Obesity: a public health approach. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34(4), 895–909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2011.08.001
Novak, Nicole L., and Kelly D. Brownell. “Obesity: a public health approach.The Psychiatric Clinics of North America 34, no. 4 (December 2011): 895–909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2011.08.001.
Novak NL, Brownell KD. Obesity: a public health approach. The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 2011 Dec;34(4):895–909.
Novak, Nicole L., and Kelly D. Brownell. “Obesity: a public health approach.The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 34, no. 4, Dec. 2011, pp. 895–909. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.psc.2011.08.001.
Novak NL, Brownell KD. Obesity: a public health approach. The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 2011 Dec;34(4):895–909.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Psychiatric clinics of North America

DOI

EISSN

1558-3147

ISSN

0193-953X

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

895 / 909

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Environment
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Public Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Prevalence
  • Obesity
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Marketing
  • Male