Weighing in: The taste-engineering frame in obesity expert discourse

S.E. Ortiz, F.J. Zimmerman and F.D. Gilliam

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 554-559

Abstract: Objectives. We sought expert opinion on the problems with 2 dominant obesityprevention discourse frames-personal responsibility and the environment-and examined alternative frames for understanding and addressing obesity.

Keywords: advertizing; Behavior, Addictive; catering service; decision making; food industry; health personnel attitude; human; hyperphagia; marketing; obesity; procedures; psychology; qualitative research; social behavior; standards; taste; United States, Advertising as Topic; Attitude of Health Personnel; Behavior, Addictive; Choice Behavior; Food Industry; Food Supply; Humans; Hyperphagia; Marketing; Obesity; Qualitative Research; Social Responsibility; Taste; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302273

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