The Politics Of Obesity: Seven Steps To Government Action
- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 21 (6), 142-153
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.21.6.142
Abstract
Concern is rapidly growing about obesity rates in the United States. This paper analyzes the political consequences. Despite myths about individualism and self-reliance, the U.S. government has a l...Keywords
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