Public opinion and the politics of obesity in America

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 923-954

  Oliver, J Eric ^a   Lee, Taeku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744607916     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-30-5-923     Document Type: Review

References (64)

1. Allison, D., K. Fontaine, J. Manson, J. Stevens, and T. VanItallie. 1999. Annual Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 282: 1530-1538.
2. Allon, N. 1982. The Stigma of Overweight in Everyday Life. In Psychological Aspects of Obesity: A Handbook, ed. B. Wolman, 130-174. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
3. Blenden, R., K. Scoles, C. DesRoches, J. Young, M. Herrmann, J. Schmidt, and M. Kim. 2001. Americans' Health Priorities: Curing Cancer and Controlling Costs. Health Affairs 20: 222-232.
4. Blendon, R., J. Young, C. DesRoches, and J. Benson. 2002. The Continuing Legacy of September 11 for Americans' Health Priorities. Health Affairs-Web Exclusive, August 14. content.healthaffairs.org.
5. Brownell, K. 2002a. The Environment and Obesity. In Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook, ed. C. Fairburn and K. Brownell, 433-438. 2nd ed. New York: Guildford.
6. -. Brownell, K. 2002b. Public Policy and the Prevention of Obesity. In Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook, ed. C. Fairburn and K. Brownell, 619-623. 2nd ed. New York: Guildford.
7. Brownell, K., and K. B. Horgen. 2003. Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do about It. New York: McGraw-Hill.
8. Carmines, Edward G., and James A. Stimson. 1989. Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
9. Cawley, John. 2000a. An Instrumental Variables Approach to Measuring the Effect of Body Weight on Employment Disability. Health Services Research 35: 1159-1179.
10. -. Cawley, John. 2000b. Body Weight and Women's Labor Market Outcome. NBER Working Paper No. 7841. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
11. Colditz, G. 1999. Economic Costs of Obesity and Inactivity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercised (suppl. 11): S663-S667.
12. Cook, F., and E. Barrett. 1992. Support for the American Welfare State. New York: Columbia University Press.
13. Crandall, C. 1994. Prejudice against Fat People: Ideology and Self-interest. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66: 882-894.
14. Crandall, C., and M. Biernat. 1990. The Ideology of Anti-fat Attitudes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 20: 227-243.
15. Delli Carpini, M. X., and S. Keeter. 1996. What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
16. Downs, A. 1972. Up and Down with Ecology: The Issue-Attention Cycle. Public Interest 28: 38-50.
17. Erikson, R., M. MacKuen, and J. Stimson. 2001. The Macro Polity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
18. Field Research Corporation. 2003. A Survey of Californians about the Problem of Childhood Obesity. Conducted for the California Endowment. October-November. www.calendow.org/obesityattitudes/index.htm
19. Flegal, K. M., M. D. Carroll, R. J. Kuczmarski, and C. L. Johnson. 1998. Overweight and Obesity in the United States: Prevalence and Trends, 1960-1994. International Journal of Obesity 22: 39-47.
20. Ford, J. 2004. Michigan Residents "Weigh In" on Health Issues. IPPSR-SOSS Bulletin, February 24.
21. Gamson, W., and A. Modigliani. 1987. The Changing Culture of Affirmative Action. In Research in Political Sociology, ed. Richard D. Braungart, 137-177. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
22. Gilens, M. 1999. Why Americans Hate Welfare. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
23. Harris, M., R. Harris, and S. Bochner. 1982. Fat, Four-Eyed and Female: Stereotypes of Obesity, Glasses, and Gender. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 6: 503-516.
24. Hill, J., and J. Peters. 2001. Environmental Contributions to the Obesity Epidemic. Science 280: 1371-1382.
25. Hulse, C. 2004. Vote in House Offers a Shield in Obesity Suits. New York Times, March 11.
26. Iyengar, S. 1991. Is Anyone Responsible? How Television News Frames Political Issues. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
27. Jacobson, M., and K. Brownell. 2000. Small Taxes on Soft Drinks and Snack Foods to Promote Health. American Journal of Public Health 90: 854-857.
28. Keeter, S., C. Miller, A. Kohut, R. M. Groves, and S. Presser. 2000. Consequences of Reducing Nonresponse in a National Telephone Survey. Public Opinion Quarterly 64: 125-148.
29. Kersh, R., and J. Morone. 2002a. How the Personal Becomes Political: Prohibitions, Public Health, and Obesity. Studies in American Political Development 16: 162-175.
30. -. Kersh, R., and J. Morone. 2002b. The Politics of Obesity: Seven Steps to Government Action. Health Affairs 21: 142-153.
31. Key, V.O. 1961. Public Opinion and American Democracy. New York: Knopf.
32. Kinder, D. 1998. Opinion and Action in the Realm of Politics. In The Handbook of Social Psychology, 4th ed., vol. 1, ed. D. Gilbert, S. Fiske, and G. Lindzey, 778-867. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
33. Kinder, D., and S. Iyengar. 1987. News That Matters. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
34. Kinder, D., and L. Sanders. 1990. Mimicking Political Debate with Survey Questions: The Case of White Opinion on Affirmative Action for Blacks. Social Cognition 8: 73-103.
35. -. Kinder, D., and L. Sanders. 1996. Divided by Color. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
36. King, G., M. Tomz, and J. Wittenberg. 2000. Making the Most of Statistical Analysis. American Journal of Political Science 44: 347-361.
37. Kingdon, J. 1984. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. Boston: Little, Brown.
38. Lee, T. 2002. Mobilizing Public Opinion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
39. Lodge, M., and R. Hamill. 1986. A Partisan Schema for Political Information. American Political Science Review 80: 505-520.
40. Lodge, M., K. McGraw, and P. Stroh. 1989. An Impression-Driven Model of Candidate Evaluation. American Political Science Review 83: 99-119.
41. Lupia, A., and M. McCubbins. 1998. The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? New York: Cambridge University Press.
42. McGinnis, J. M., and W. H. Foege. 1993. Actual Causes of Death in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 270: 2207-2212.
43. Mendelberg, T. 2001. The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
44. Mokdad, A., Barbara A. Bowman, Earl S. Ford, Frank Vinicor, James S. Marks, and Jeffrey P. Koplan. 2001. The Continuing Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 286: 1195-2000.
45. National Institutes of Health and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 1998. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity In Adults. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
46. Neuman, W. R. 1986. The Paradox of Mass Politics: Knowledge and Opinion in the American Electorate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
47. Page, B., and R. Shapiro. 1992. The Rational Public. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
48. Popkin, S. 1991. The Reasoning Voter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
49. Rein, M., and D. Schon. 1994. Frame Reflection. New York: Basic Books.
50. San Jose Mercury News/Kaiser Family Foundation. 2004. Survey on Childhood Obesity. www.kff.org/kaiserpolls
51. Schlesinger, M., and R. Lau. 2000. The Meaning and Measure of Policy Metaphors. American Political Science Review 94: 611-626.
52. Sears, D., and J. Citrin. 1985. Tax Revolt. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
53. Sears, D., and C. Funk. 1990. Self-interest in Americans' Political Opinions. In Beyond Self-Interest, ed. J. Mansbridge, 97-110. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
54. Sniderman, P. M., R. A. Brody, and P. E. Tetlock. 1991. Reasoning and Choice: Explorations in Political Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
55. Stearns, P. 1997. Fat History. New York: New York University Press.
56. Stone. 1988. Policy Paradox. New York: W. W. Norton.
57. Sturm, R. 2002. Datawatch: The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Drinking on Medical Problems and Costs. Health Affairs 21: 245-253.
58. Tomz, M., J. Wittenberg, and G. King. 2001. CLARIFY: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results. Version 2.0. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
59. Tversky, A., and D. Kahneman. 1974. Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases. Science 185: 1124-1131.
60. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2001. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General.
61. Wickelgren, I. 2001. Obesity: How Big a Problem? Science 280: 1364-1372.
62. Widmeyer Polling and Research. 2003. Summary of Study Findings: Americans' Attitudes on Fighting Obesity. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Obesity Poll.
63. Zaller, J. 1992. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
64. Zaller, J., and S. Feldman. 1992. A Simple Theory of the Survey Response: Answering Questions versus Revealing Preferences. American Journal of Political Science 36: 579-616.