![]() ![]() This has included critics who suggest that obesity has been primarily framed within a medical discourse, thereby creating a great deal of social anxiety and “fear of fatness,” which in turn has contributed to a focus on individual responsibility related to body weight and size. ![]() 4,5 As a result, reducing obesity rates is a target for public health action, and existing approaches to obesity management and prevention are under intense scrutiny.ĭebate over the impact of obesity, both direct and indirect, on public health has also exploded in the literature, particularly over the past 10 to 15 years. 3 Obesity has been linked with a range of chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, several cancers, gallbladder disease, coronary artery disease, and stroke. ![]() The problem of what to do about rising obesity rates is a major preoccupation of the early 21st century, as the number of overweight people in the world was observed to equal the number of underfed people. ![]()
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