Japanese and American public health approaches to preventing population weight gain: A role for paternalism?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-70

  Borovoy, Amy ^a   Roberto, Christina A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Japan; Libertarian paternalism; Metabolic syndrome; Nudge; Obesity; Public health; School lunches; Workplace interventions

Indexed keywords

DIET; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PATERNAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEIGHT; WORKPLACE;

AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; DIETITIAN; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NURSE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE; COMMUNITY CARE; JAPAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; OBESITY; PATERNALISM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84941054948     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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