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Environmental Contributions to the Obesity Epidemic

Hill, James O., Peters, John C.·1998·Science

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The current epidemic of obesity is caused largely by an environment that promotes excessive food intake and discourages physical activity. Although humans have evolved excellent physiological mechanisms to defend against body weight loss, they have only weak physiological mechanisms to defend against body weight gain when food is abundant. Control of portion size, consumption of a diet low in fat and energy density, and regular physical activity are behaviors that protect against obesity, but it is becoming difficult to adopt and maintain these behaviors in the current environment. Because obesity is difficult to treat, public health efforts need to be directed toward prevention.

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Authors
Hill, J. O., & Peters, J. C.
Venue
Science
Published
1998-05-29
Volume
280
Issue
5368
Pages
1371-1374
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W1988089886
Cited by
2,222
References
1
FWCI
62.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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