The food industry's solution to the obesity epidemic: take a walk.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

An internationally known obesity expert recently delivered a lecture on strategies for reversing the obesity epidemic at a large public university. His view was that a reduction in exercise, not an increase in intake, has caused the epidemic. He stated that dieting strategies have largely been failures because they asked too much of people. A better solution, he suggested, is to teach people to pursue the more attainable goal of increasing their caloric output by a mere 100 calories a day. To achieve this, he designed a Web-based program, sponsored by a giant soda corporation and an international agribusiness conglomerate, which instructs individuals to take a walk.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-16
Number of pages4
JournalNew solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The food industry's solution to the obesity epidemic: take a walk.'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this