O'Reilly, C. and Sixsmith, J. (2012) From theory to policy: reducing harms associated with the weight-centered health paradigm. Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society. 1(1), pp. 97-113. 2160-4851.
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Abstract:
This article provides an overview of harms associated with public policy promotion of the weight-centered health paradigm and suggests that a shift away from weight-centered health policies is required. Given the evidence about the negative health implications of weight-centric health policies, the objectives are to explore why public policy officials uncritically rely on and promote the weight-centered health paradigm and to propose policy alternatives. Based on findings from discourse analysis of “obesity”-related policy documents, public health policy solutions to the weight-centered health paradigm are proposed and analyzed, drawing from ten key informant interviews with stakeholders working within the policy, academic, and medical contexts.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
public policy, public health, weight-centered health paradigm, health at every size
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Creators:
O'Reilly, C. and Sixsmith, J.
Publisher:
Routledge
Northamptonshire and East Midlands:
Health
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Date:
19 January 2012
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 97-113
Journal or Publication Title:
Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society
Volume:
1
Number:
1
Language:
English
ISSN:
2160-4851
Status:
Published / Disseminated
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